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𒄴
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Sign Number
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MZL
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636
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Deimel
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398
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HZL
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332
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Components
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𒄭, 𒉣
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- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
- A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
- Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Sign
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𒄴
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Sumerograms
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UḪ
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Phonetic values
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aḫ, eḫ, iḫ, uḫ
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- In Old Babylonian this sign was also used to represent a glottal stop. When that happens, some Assyriologists assign the following special values to this sign: aʾ, eʾ, iʾ, uʾ. From Middle Babylonian on, the glottal stop was indicated by the sign 𒀪, originated as a graphic differentiation of 𒄴.
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 209
𒄴 • (eḫ)
- insect, bug
- moth, louse, flea