Sumerian/SimpleSigns
< Sumerian
Sumerian Cuneiform Simple Signs
editHere is a list of only the simple signs existing in Unicode of Sumerian Cuneiform.
For the full list see here: /List
Note: If you cannot see the three characters below spaced with hyphens, you may not be able to see some of the characters (or components of characters) on this page:
𒀀 - 𒍰 - 𒐀
List
edit| Sign | Shape | Description | Codepoint | "Primary" name | Borger (2003) |
Borger (1981) |
Transliterations and Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 𒀭 | * | Star sign | U+1202D | AN | 010 | 13 | AM6, AN, DIĜIR, IL3, NAGGAX The Deity sign |
| 𒀸 | - | Horizontal bar | U+12038 | AŠ | 001 | 001 | AŠ, DILI, DIDLI (plural) |
| 𒋰 | = | Equals sign | U+122F0 | TAB | 209 | 124 | TAB |
| 𒀼 | E | Letter E (Stacked 3 AŠ) | U+1203C | AŠ / AŠ / AŠ | 505 | 325* | EŠ16 |
| 𒄿 | E= | E + Equals sign | U+1213F | I | 252 | 142 | I |
| 𒁁 | -< | Minus + Smaller sign | U+12041 | BAD | 113 | 69 | BA9, BAD, BE; ≈UŠ2 |
| 𒁹 | I | Single I | U+12079 | DIŠ | 748; 749 | 480 | DIŠ, EŠ4 |
| 𒈫 | II | Double I (2 DIŠ) | U+1222B | MIN | 825 | 570 | MIN |
| 𒐈 | III | Triple I (3 DIŠ) | U+12408 | three DIŠ | 834 | 593 | 180, EŠ5 |
| 𒀀 | Ii | Letter I + line colon | U+12000 | A | 839 | 579 | A, AYA2, DURU5, E4, EA |
| 𒁇 | L | Letter L | U+12047 | BAR | 121 | 74 | BAR |
| 𒈨 | I- | Letter I and - | U+12228 | ME | 753 | 532 | BA13, IŠIB, ME, MEN2 |
| 𒇲 | r | U+121F2 | LAL | 750 | 481 | LA2, LAL | |
| 𒀂 | H | I-<I | U+12002 | A x BAD | 840 | 580 | AGAM |
| 𒆸 | ם | Square sign | U+121B8 | LAGAB | 755 | 483 | GUR4, LAGAB, NIGIN2, NIĜIN2, RIN, TUKUR |
| 𒇺 | 'I | Apostrophe + I | U+121FA | LIŠ | 591 | 377 | DILIM2, LIŠ |
| 𒈦 | + | Plus sign | U+12226 | MAŠ | 120 | 74 | MAŠ |
| 𒀹 | \ | Downright slash | U+12039 | AŠ ZIDA tenû | 575 | 209 | DIŠ tenû, GE23 |
| 𒀺 | \ | Up-left slash | U+1203A | AŠ KABA tenû | 647? | GE22 | |
| 𒃵 | i | Indented i (line colon) | U+120F5 | GAM | 576 | 362 | GAM, GUR2, GURUM |
| 𒋰 | = | Equals sign | U+122F0 | TAB | 209 | 124 | TAB |
| 𒄑 | =I | Equals sign + I | U+12111 | GIŠ | 469 | 296 | GEŠ, GIŠ, ĜIŠ, IZ |
| 𒄞 | =I> | Double forward arrow | U+1211E | GUD | 472 | 297 | GU4 "cow", EŠTUB |
| 𒇹 | == | Double equals sign | U+121F9 | LIMMU2 | 215 | 124 | LIMMU2 |
| 𒉒 | =[ | Equals followed by widened equals | U+12252 | NINDA2 | 316 | 176 | NINDA2 |
| 𒉺 | ≠ | Not-equals sign: NEQ | U+1227A | PA | 464 | 295 | ĜIDRU "staff, sceptre", PA, SAG3, SIG3, UGULA "overseer" |
| 𒄥 | # or ≠I | Hash sign | U+12125 | GUR | 180 | 111 | GUR |
| 𒌋 | < | Smaller sign: LT | U+1230B | U | 661 | 411 | BUR3, ŠU4, U |
| 𒌍 | <<< | 3 smaller signs | U+1230D | U U U | 711 | 472 | ES2, EŠ, "30" |
| 𒄭 | <> | Smaller + Larger sign: LT+GT | U+1212D | ḪI | 631 | 396 | DUB3, DUG3, ḪI, ŠAR2 |
| 𒃰 | <I | Lesser + I : LT+I | U+120F0 | GAD | 157 | 90 | GAD, GADA; ≈ARKAB2 |
| 𒌓 | <) | Lesser + Parenthesis | U+12313 | UD | 596 | 381 | A12, AḪ3, BABBAR, ḪAD2, ḪUD2, PIRIĜ2, U4, UD, UT |
| 𒋓 | -<>- | Dash+Lesser+Greater+Dash | U+122D3 | ŠIR | 115 | 71 | ŠIR |
| 𒅂 | -- | Opposing Dashes | U+12142 | IDIM | ARI2, IDIM, URI4, AŠ opposing AŠ | ||
| 𒅆 | <I- | Eye sign | U+12146 | IGI | 724 | 449 | IGI, LIM, ŠI |
| 𒆕 | I> | Play sign | U+12195 | KAK | 379 | 230 | DA3, DU3, GAG, KAK |
| 𒉼 | W | Double-you sign | U+1227C | PAN | 685 | 439 | PAN |
| 𒉽 | X | X sign | U+1227D | PAP | 092 | 60 | PAB, PAP, KUR2 |
| 𒎗 | ש | Hebrew Shin - down-right triangle | U+12397 | TI2 | TI2
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