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Translingual
π
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Sign Number
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MZL
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724
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Deimel
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449
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HZL
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288
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Components
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π, π¨
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Derived signs
References
- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), MΓΌnster (2003)
- A. Deimel, Ε umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
- Chr. RΓΌster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Akkadian
Sign values
Sign
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π
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Sumerograms
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IGI
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Phonetic values
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lem/lim, Ε‘i
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Etymology 1
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian π
(igi, βeye, faceβ).
Logogram
π
β’ (IGI)
- Sumerogram of amΔrum (βto seeβ)
- Sumerogram of Δ«num (βeyeβ)
- Sumerogram of maαΈ«Δrum (βto receive; to face, confrontβ)
- Sumerogram of maαΈ«rum (βfrontβ)
- Sumerogram of maαΈ«rΓ»m (βformerβ)
- Sumerogram of pΔnum (βfaceβ)
Etymology 2
Ligature of π (u, βtenβ) and π¨ (me, βone hundredβ) to represent the multiplication 10Γ100.
Logogram
π
β’ (lim)
- Akkadogram of lΔ«mum (βone thousandβ)
Sumerian
Etymology 1
Adjective
π
β’ (igi)
- first, earlier
Etymology 2
Noun
π
β’ (igi)
- eye
- sight, vision, view
- face, countenance
- π
πͺπππ¨π β igi-zu αΈ«uΕ‘-me-en /igizu αΈ«uΕ‘men/ β Your face is awesome.
- front
- π
π²π»ππ β igi di-kud-ne-Ε‘e /igi dikudnΔΕ‘e/ β in the presence of the judges
- π
π» (igi gΜar, βto gaze at; to faceβ)
Etymology 3
π
β’ (Ε‘i)
- life, throat (only attested for the Old Babylonian period or later)
See also
References
- βπ
(igi, βeyeβ)β in ePSD2
- βπ
(igi, βfaceβ)β in ePSD2
- βπ
(Ε‘i, βlifeβ)β in ePSD2