Am (cuneiform)
The cuneiform sign am, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts). It is also used as AM.
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Cuneiform am, and sumerogram (capital letter majuscule, AM).
(digitized form am, and other meanings)
(digitized form am, and other meanings)
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Amarna letter EA 153-(titled: "Ships on Hold").
A common Amarna letter that uses cuneiform am.
(Next-to-last cuneiform sign, line 3.)
A common Amarna letter that uses cuneiform am.
(Next-to-last cuneiform sign, line 3.)
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Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for a, or m, or syllabically for am. The "a" is replaceable in word formation by any of the 4 vowels: a, e, i, or u.
Epic of Gilgamesh usage
The am sign usage in the Epic of Gilgamesh is as follows: am-(87 times); AM-(4).[1]
References
- Parpola, 197l. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, pp. 155-165, no. 170, p. 158, "am".
- Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. 393 pages.(softcover, ISBN 0-8018-6715-0)
- Parpola, 197l. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Parpola, Simo, Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, c 1997, Tablet I thru Tablet XII, Index of Names, Sign List, and Glossary-(pp. 119–145), 165 pages.
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Amarna letter EA 15-(titled: "Assyria joins the International Scene").
A common Amarna letter that uses cuneiform am.
(Next-to-last cuneiform sign, line 3.) - Right Edge (Obverse) showing
am, 3rd line from top.
( am-qut, for "maqātu",
"to bow down", etc.; to address someone )
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