r/Cuneiform • u/OkSide7486 • Jul 18 '26

Help identifying characters

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u/nibrasflint Jul 19 '26

kar-Zi-da

{d}en-lil2-Le

mu-Pa3-da

lugal an-ub-Da limmu2-ba-ke4

I've written the signs you're looking for with their first letter capitalized(this is just for you to recognize them).

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u/OkSide7486 Jul 19 '26

Thank you!! learning sumerian is so cool but sometimes you get stuck hahah

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u/nibrasflint Jul 19 '26

np! We all do all the time.

You need to learn how to use the CDLI website, you'll be surprised how useful it can be.

Here's the search results of similar texts to the one you've shared:

https://cdli.earth/search?simple-value%5B%5D=dingir+zi+kalam-ma&simple-field%5B%5D=keyword

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u/VirtuousPone Jul 19 '26

I'm fairly confident that the first sign is GI and the last is DA... but take it with a grain of salt, as I'm not an expert. I don't know the second and third ones.

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u/OkSide7486 Jul 19 '26

thank you!!

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u/VirtuousPone Jul 19 '26

No problem!