๐’…†


๐’…† U+12146, 𒅆
CUNEIFORM SIGN IGI
โ† ๐’……
[U+12145]
Cuneiform ๐’…‡ โ†’
[U+12147]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

๐’…† Sign Number
MZL 724
Deimel 449
HZL 288
Components
๐’Œ‹, ๐’ˆจ

Derived signs

References

  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Mรผnster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, ล umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. Rรผster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign ๐’…†
Sumerograms IGI
Phonetic values lem/lim, ลกi

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’…† (igi, โ€œeye, faceโ€).

Logogram

๐’…† โ€ข (IGI)

  1. Sumerogram of amฤrum (โ€œto seeโ€)
  2. Sumerogram of ฤซnum (โ€œeyeโ€)
  3. Sumerogram of maแธซฤrum (โ€œto receive; to face, confrontโ€)
  4. Sumerogram of maแธซrum (โ€œfrontโ€)
  5. Sumerogram of maแธซrรปm (โ€œformerโ€)
  6. Sumerogram of pฤnum (โ€œfaceโ€)

Etymology 2

Ligature of ๐’Œ‹ (u, โ€œtenโ€) and ๐’ˆจ (me, โ€œone hundredโ€) to represent the multiplication 10ร—100.

Logogram

๐’…† โ€ข (lim)

  1. Akkadogram of lฤซmum (โ€œone thousandโ€)

Sumerian

Adjective

๐’…† โ€ข (igi)

  1. first, earlier

Etymology 2

โ€œeyeโ€
Emegir
๐’…† (igi)
Emesal

Noun

๐’…† โ€ข (igi)

  1. eye
  2. sight, vision, view
  3. face, countenance
    ๐’…†๐’ช๐’„ญ๐’„Š๐’ˆจ๐’‚— โ€• igi-zu แธซuลก-me-en /igizu แธซuลกmen/ โ€• Your face is awesome.
  4. front
    ๐’…†๐’ฒ๐’‹ป๐’‰ˆ๐’‚  โ€• igi di-kud-ne-ลกe /igi dikudnฤ“ลกe/ โ€• in the presence of the judges

Etymology 3

๐’…† โ€ข (ลกi)

  1. life, throat (only attested for the Old Babylonian period or later)

See also

  • Sumerian terms spelled with ๐’…†

References

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