Akkadian Addenda · Signs

𒋰TAB · [tab/tap] · two wedges side by side — a pair; to double

pair

Where it comes from

For once the sign is exactly what it looks like: two wedges lying side by side — a pair, and by extension “to double” (stated in the lists, and visibly true). Akkadian reads it tab or tap, the final consonant softening to fit the word, as Akkadian spelling likes to do.

How to remember it

Two strokes, one sign: a pair. Where you see it, something is doubled or carried along — in itabbal, “he carries off,” the pair rides in the middle of the verb.

In the wild

Akkadian reading taught in 103’s chapter 09.