Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen

Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen (German: [ˈlɪstə deːɐ̯ ʔaʁˈçaːɪʃn̩ ˈkaɪlʃʁɪftˌtsaɪçn̩]; "list of archaic cuneiform signs"), abbreviated LAK, is a dictionary of Sumerian cuneiform signs of the Fara period (Early Dynastic IIIa, c. 25th century BC short chronology, 26th century BC middle chronology),[2] published in 1922 by German sumerologist and theologian P. Anton Deimel (1865–1954). The list enumerates 870 distinct cuneiform signs.

LAK-617 (U+12501), a sign in the shape of five boxes arranged as a cross; it is used as a compositional element, the central box being used as a container for an additional sign in LAK-618 to LAK-627. LAK-617 on its own also had an (unknown) phonetic value, used in the spelling of a theonym read as dNin-[LAK-617]-la.[1]

The sign inventory in the archaic period was considerably larger than the standard inventory of the later Akkadian (2350 to 2100) or Neo-Sumerian (Ur III) (21st century; all dates short chronology) periods. This means that numerous signs identified by their classical reading continue several distinct signs of the pre-classical period. If it is necessary to identify the pre-classical sign intended, its LAK number is customarily given, in the form of LAK-1 to LAK-870.

Deimel also published a Sumerian dictionary (Šumerisches Lexikon) in 1928.

References

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  1. ^ possibly Nin-bad-la, see Yvonne Rosengarten, Le concept sumérien de consommation dans la vie économique et religieuse: étude linguistique et sociale d'après les textes présargoniques de Lagaš E. Boccard (1960), p. 176.
  2. ^ The dates given here are intended for consistency with other Wikipedia articles; they are not given by Deimel himself, who dates the Fara period in relative terms as preceding Urukagina (p. 4).
  3. ^ "Proto-cuneiform tablet". www.metmuseum.org.
  • P. Anton Deimel, Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen von Fara, WVDOG 40, Leipzig (1922). pdf scan (etana.org)
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