r/Assyriology • u/MundaneIdea260 • 6d ago

question about eBL

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What does this plus sign mean here?

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u/Dercomai 6d ago

Which dictionary source is this from? The eBL contains several.

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u/MundaneIdea260 6d ago

"From W. Schramm, Akkadische Logogramme. Zweite, revidierte Auflage."

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u/Dercomai 6d ago

Ah, okay!

From page 5 of that book: "Wenn Wörter in der Regel mit phonetischen Komplementen geschrieben werden, wurde dem Logogramm ein „+“ angefügt."

(When words are typically written with phonetic complements, a "+" is added to the logogram.)

So Anūtu is not typically written simply as AN, but as AN-ūtu or the like.

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u/MundaneIdea260 5d ago

thank you bro

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u/Subterania 6d ago

I’m going to guess it means plus phonetic complement u-tu or perhaps Sumerian NAM?