π’Š•


π’Š• U+12295, 𒊕
CUNEIFORM SIGN SAG
← π’Š”
[U+12294] 		Cuneiform π’Š– β†’
[U+12296]

Translingual

Symbol

π’Š•

  1. 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)

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *raΚΎΕ‘-.

Noun

π’Š• (rΔ“Ε‘u, qaqqadu)

[SAG]
  1. head (of a person, animal)
  2. top, upper part
  3. beginning
  4. top quality, the best

References

Sumerian

Noun

π’Š• (SAG)

  1. head

Derived terms
  • π’Š•π’†— (SAG(.KAL), β€œfirst one”)
  • π’‡½π’Š• ((LÚ.)SAG, β€œa palace official”)
  • π’Š•π’‰Ίπ’†Έ (ZARAαΈͺ=SAG.PA.LAGAB, β€œlamentation, unrest”)
  • π’Š•π’Ί (SAG.DUL, β€œa headgear”)
  • π’Š•π’†  (SAG.KI, β€œfront, face, brow”)
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