π
Translingual
Symbol
π
- Cuneiform sign SAG
Usage notes
- dictionary notes
- Borger (2003): 184
- Borger (1981): 115
- HZL: 192
- phonetic values
- Sumerian: SAG, SUR14
- Akkadian: Ε‘ag, Ε‘ak, Ε‘aq, riΕ‘
- Hittite: β
- sign evolution
- 1. the pictogram as it was drawn around 3000 BCE;
- 2. the rotated pictogram as written around 2800 BCE;
- 3. the abstracted glyph in archaic monumental inscriptions, from ca. 2600 BCE;
- 4. the sign as written in clay, contemporary to stage 3;
- 5. late 3rd millennium (Neo-Sumerian);
- 6. Old Assyrian, early 2nd millennium, as adopted into Hittite;
- 7. simplified sign as written by Assyrian scribes in the early 1st millennium.
References
- R. Borger, Assyrisch-Babylonische Zeichenliste, 2nd ed., Neukirchen-Vluyn (1981)
- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon, MΓΌnster (2003).
- Chr. RΓΌster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Sumerian
Derived terms
- ππ (SAG(.KAL), βfirst oneβ)
- π½π ((LΓ.)SAG, βa palace officialβ)
- ππΊπΈ (ZARAαΈͺ=SAG.PA.LAGAB, βlamentation, unrestβ)
- ππΊ (SAG.DUL, βa headgearβ)
- ππ (SAG.KI, βfront, face, browβ)
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