Akkadian Addenda · Signs

𒅁

corner

NameIB
Reads[ib/eb/ep]
Meansa corner in the lists
Taught in08 · More than one: the plural

Where it comes from

The lists connect this sign with a corner — graded unclear; the wedges keep their own counsel. What is certain is its range: Akkadian lets it write ib, eb and ep alike, the vowel bending to the word around it — the same easy vowel-blur the school met in IR.

How to remember it

A corner joins two walls; this sign joins vowels. It opens the king’s epšētum, “deeds,” and it will close a coming blessing, liṭīb — “may it be well.” Deeds first, blessing after: a fair order.

In the wild

Codex Hammurapi (composite text), epilogue. urn:nabu:cdli:p464358:a:3337' · license: attribution.

Akkadian reading taught in 103’s chapter 08.