Sumerogram

Sumerogram

A Sumerogram is the use of a Sumerian cuneiform character or group of characters as an ideogram or logogram rather than a syllabogram in the graphic representation of a language other than Sumerian, such as Akkadian or Hittite. As in other cases when signs are read in a non-phonetic way, Sumerograms are normally transliterated in majuscule letters, with dots separating the signs. In the same way, a written Akkadian word that is used ideographically to represent a language other than Akkadian (such as Hittite) is known as an "Akkadogram".

This type of logograms characterized, to a greater or lesser extent, every adaptation of the original Mesopotamian cuneiform system to a language other than Sumerian. The frequency and intensity of their use varied depending on period, style and genre.

ome articles that include examples of "Sumerograms"

*Kurunta—"dLAMMA"="stag"
*Lady of the Lions—NIN.UR.MAH.MESH="Lady-lions"
**Lions:—UR.MAH.MESH(or UR.MAH.MEŠ)="lions"(note: MESH(MEŠ) is just the plural)
**Lady—NIN="lady"
*NIN (cuneiform)

ee also

*Hittite cuneiform
*Akkadian language
*Determinative


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