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The cuneiform ia sign ð
, is a combined sign, containing i (cuneiform) ligatured with a (cuneiform); it has the common meaning in the suffix form -ia, for the meaning of "-mine". In the Amarna letters, the letters written to the Pharaoh of Egypt (Mizri/Misri in the letters), the Pharaoh is often referenced as "Lord-mine", or especially: King-Lord-mine: "My King, My Lord". In Akkadian, the form is "Å arru-BÄlu-ia"-(King-Lord-mine), since the spelling in some Amarna letters is sometimes Å ÃR-RI for Å arru, ( = Å ÃR). Ia is also used in the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is listed in Parpola's Glossary (Parpola, 1971), for Akkadian language words: meaning "mine", "(to) me", and "me", and one usage for the word "battering ram", iaÅ¡ubů. (en) |
| rdfs:comment |
The cuneiform ia sign ð
, is a combined sign, containing i (cuneiform) ligatured with a (cuneiform); it has the common meaning in the suffix form -ia, for the meaning of "-mine". In the Amarna letters, the letters written to the Pharaoh of Egypt (Mizri/Misri in the letters), the Pharaoh is often referenced as "Lord-mine", or especially: King-Lord-mine: "My King, My Lord". In Akkadian, the form is "Å arru-BÄlu-ia"-(King-Lord-mine), since the spelling in some Amarna letters is sometimes Å ÃR-RI for Å arru, ( = Å ÃR). (en) |
