Sumerian Addenda

The deck — cut 6

The same cards as the drills shelf, dealt in another order. Answer out loud or on paper, then unfold and check. Next session, take another cut.

  1. [diš] · tally — write it

    𒁹 · DIŠ · one (counting); item marker

  2. 𒎏 [nin] — what does it mean?

    lady · NIN · lady, queen, mistress

  3. 𒍝 — read it

    [za] · bead · ZA · bead, precious stone; [za] — za-e, "you"

  4. [u] · ten — write it

    𒌋 · U · ten

  5. [ka] · mouth — write it

    𒅗 · KA · mouth

  6. 𒌗 — read it

    [iti] · month · ITI · month — the day-sign with thirty tucked inside

  7. 𒆕 [du] — what does it mean?

    build · KAK · to build; a peg — the builder's verb of every votive

  8. 𒊬 — read it

    [sar] · write · SAR · to write; garden plot in origin

  9. 𒌨 [ur] — what does it mean?

    dog · UR · dog; in names, "hound of" a god or king

  10. 𒂍 — read it

    [e] · house · É · house, temple

  11. [ud], utu · day — write it

    𒌓 · UD · day; sun

  12. 𒁹 [diš] — what does it mean?

    tally · DIŠ · one (counting); item marker

  13. 𒈠 — read it

    [ma] · workhorse · MA · [ma] — a spelling workhorse

  14. [za] · bead — write it

    𒍝 · ZA · bead, precious stone; [za] — za-e, "you"

  15. 𒅆 — read it

    [igi] · eye · IGI · eye; face; before — igi PN, "witnessed by"

  16. 𒊏 — read it

    [ra] · toward · RA · [ra] (dative marker in context)

  17. 𒌋 [u] — what does it mean?

    ten · U · ten

  18. 𒅗 [ka] — what does it mean?

    mouth · KA · mouth

  19. [iti] · month — write it

    𒌗 · ITI · month — the day-sign with thirty tucked inside

  20. 𒄀 — read it

    [gi] · reed · GI · reed — the writing tool itself; gi in Šul-gi

  21. 𒋾 — read it

    [ti] · arrow · TI · arrow; by rebus, life — the textbook rebus pair

  22. 𒄥 — read it

    [gur] · bushel · GUR · gur — the great capacity measure of grain accounts

  23. 𒈤 — read it

    [mah] · exalted · MAH · great, exalted

  24. [sar] · write — write it

    𒊬 · SAR · to write; garden plot in origin

  25. 𒄄 — read it

    [gi] · return · GI4 · to return, restore; to answer

  26. 𒄩 — read it

    [ha] · fish · HA · the fish pictogram (word read ku6); the wish-prefix ha-

  27. 𒈨 — read it

    [me] · rites · ME · rites, divine powers; to be

  28. 𒌧 — read it

    [kalam] · the Land · KALAM · the Land — Sumer as its own texts name it

  29. 𒅎 — read it

    [im] · storm · IM · clay; rain, storm

  30. [e] · house — write it

    𒂍 · É · house, temple

  31. 𒌓 [ud], utu — what does it mean?

    day · UD · day; sun

  32. [ma] · workhorse — write it

    𒈠 · MA · [ma] — a spelling workhorse

  33. 𒀉 — read it

    [a] · arm · A2 · arm; strength; side — a2 zid-da, the right side

  34. 𒍝 [za] — what does it mean?

    bead · ZA · bead, precious stone; [za] — za-e, "you"

  35. [igi] · eye — write it

    𒅆 · IGI · eye; face; before — igi PN, "witnessed by"

  36. 𒈬 — read it

    [mu] · name · MU · name; year

  37. [ra] · toward — write it

    𒊏 · RA · [ra] (dative marker in context)

  38. 𒌗 [iti] — what does it mean?

    month · ITI · month — the day-sign with thirty tucked inside

  39. [gi] · reed — write it

    𒄀 · GI · reed — the writing tool itself; gi in Šul-gi

  40. [ti] · arrow — write it

    𒋾 · TI · arrow; by rebus, life — the textbook rebus pair

  41. [gur] · bushel — write it

    𒄥 · GUR · gur — the great capacity measure of grain accounts

  42. [mah] · exalted — write it

    𒈤 · MAH · great, exalted

  43. 𒊬 [sar] — what does it mean?

    write · SAR · to write; garden plot in origin

  44. 𒆠 — read it

    [ki] · place · KI · earth; place (determinative {ki})

  45. [gi] · return — write it

    𒄄 · GI4 · to return, restore; to answer

  46. [ha] · fish — write it

    𒄩 · HA · the fish pictogram (word read ku6); the wish-prefix ha-

  47. [me] · rites — write it

    𒈨 · ME · rites, divine powers; to be

  48. [kalam] · the Land — write it

    𒌧 · KALAM · the Land — Sumer as its own texts name it

  49. [im] · storm — write it

    𒅎 · IM · clay; rain, storm

  50. 𒂍 [e] — what does it mean?

    house · É · house, temple

  51. 𒆤 — read it

    [lil], kid · spirit · KID · air, spirit (lil2) — the LIL of Enlil

  52. 𒈠 [ma] — what does it mean?

    workhorse · MA · [ma] — a spelling workhorse

  53. [a] · arm — write it

    𒀉 · A2 · arm; strength; side — a2 zid-da, the right side

  54. 𒅆 [igi] — what does it mean?

    eye · IGI · eye; face; before — igi PN, "witnessed by"

  55. [mu] · name — write it

    𒈬 · MU · name; year

  56. 𒊏 [ra] — what does it mean?

    toward · RA · [ra] (dative marker in context)

  57. 𒂄 — read it

    [šul] · hero · DUN · young man in his prime, hero (šul) — Šulgi's own name-word

  58. 𒋾 [ti] — what does it mean?

    arrow · TI · arrow; by rebus, life — the textbook rebus pair

  59. 𒄀 [gi] — what does it mean?

    reed · GI · reed — the writing tool itself; gi in Šul-gi

  60. 𒄥 [gur] — what does it mean?

    bushel · GUR · gur — the great capacity measure of grain accounts

  61. 𒈤 [mah] — what does it mean?

    exalted · MAH · great, exalted

  62. 𒇲 — read it

    [la] · weigh · LAL · to hang, to weigh out; the spelling la2

  63. 𒈗 — read it

    [lugal] · king · LUGAL · king

  64. 𒄘 — read it

    [gu] · neck · GU2 · neck; riverbank; total (in accounts)

  65. 𒉡 — read it

    [nu] · not · NU · not — the negation

  66. [ki] · place — write it

    𒆠 · KI · earth; place (determinative {ki})

  67. 𒄄 [gi] — what does it mean?

    return · GI4 · to return, restore; to answer

  68. 𒆬 — read it

    [ku] · pure · KU3 · pure, holy; precious metal

  69. 𒄩 [ha] — what does it mean?

    fish · HA · the fish pictogram (word read ku6); the wish-prefix ha-

  70. 𒈨 [me] — what does it mean?

    rites · ME · rites, divine powers; to be

  71. 𒌧 [kalam] — what does it mean?

    the Land · KALAM · the Land — Sumer as its own texts name it

  72. 𒅎 [im] — what does it mean?

    storm · IM · clay; rain, storm

  73. 𒀝 — read it

    [ak] · do · AK · to do, to make

  74. [lil], kid · spirit — write it

    𒆤 · KID · air, spirit (lil2) — the LIL of Enlil

  75. 𒀉 [a] — what does it mean?

    arm · A2 · arm; strength; side — a2 zid-da, the right side

  76. 𒈬 [mu] — what does it mean?

    name · MU · name; year

  77. 𒃻 — read it

    [niŋ] · thing · GAR · thing, property (niŋ2); to place (gar)

  78. [šul] · hero — write it

    𒂄 · DUN · young man in his prime, hero (šul) — Šulgi's own name-word

  79. 𒂵 — read it

    [ga] · milk · GA · milk; [ga]

  80. [la] · weigh — write it

    𒇲 · LAL · to hang, to weigh out; the spelling la2

  81. [lugal] · king — write it

    𒈗 · LUGAL · king

  82. [gu] · neck — write it

    𒄘 · GU2 · neck; riverbank; total (in accounts)

  83. 𒀀 — read it

    [a] · water · A · water

  84. [nu] · not — write it

    𒉡 · NU · not — the negation

  85. 𒆠 [ki] — what does it mean?

    place · KI · earth; place (determinative {ki})

  86. 𒉈 — read it

    [ne] · brazier · NE · brazier/fire; [ne]

  87. [ku] · pure — write it

    𒆬 · KU3 · pure, holy; precious metal

  88. 𒊒 — read it

    [ru] · dedicate · RU · to dedicate — a mu-na-ru, the votive's closing verb

  89. [ak] · do — write it

    𒀝 · AK · to do, to make

  90. 𒆤 [lil], kid — what does it mean?

    spirit · KID · air, spirit (lil2) — the LIL of Enlil

  91. 𒉌 — read it

    [ni], i3 · oil · NI · [ni]; oil, butter as i3

  92. 𒆗 — read it

    [kal] · mighty · KAL · mighty, strong (kalag); precious

  93. [niŋ] · thing — write it

    𒃻 · GAR · thing, property (niŋ2); to place (gar)

  94. 𒂄 [šul] — what does it mean?

    hero · DUN · young man in his prime, hero (šul) — Šulgi's own name-word

  95. 𒀭 — read it

    [an], diŋir · heaven · AN · heaven; god (determinative {d})

  96. 𒌅 — read it

    [tu] · born · TU · to be born (tu-ud)

  97. [ga] · milk — write it

    𒂵 · GA · milk; [ga]

  98. 𒇲 [la] — what does it mean?

    weigh · LAL · to hang, to weigh out; the spelling la2

  99. 𒈗 [lugal] — what does it mean?

    king · LUGAL · king

  100. 𒄘 [gu] — what does it mean?

    neck · GU2 · neck; riverbank; total (in accounts)

  101. [a] · water — write it

    𒀀 · A · water

  102. 𒉡 [nu] — what does it mean?

    not · NU · not — the negation

  103. 𒌉 — read it

    [dumu], tur · child · TUR · child, son (dumu); small (tur)

  104. [ne] · brazier — write it

    𒉈 · NE · brazier/fire; [ne]

  105. 𒆬 [ku] — what does it mean?

    pure · KU3 · pure, holy; precious metal

  106. [ru] · dedicate — write it

    𒊒 · RU · to dedicate — a mu-na-ru, the votive's closing verb

  107. 𒂠 — read it

    [še] · rope · EŠ2 · rope; the terminative -še3

  108. 𒀝 [ak] — what does it mean?

    do · AK · to do, to make

  109. [ni], i3 · oil — write it

    𒉌 · NI · [ni]; oil, butter as i3

  110. [kal] · mighty — write it

    𒆗 · KAL · mighty, strong (kalag); precious

  111. 𒃻 [niŋ] — what does it mean?

    thing · GAR · thing, property (niŋ2); to place (gar)

  112. [tu] · born — write it

    𒌅 · TU · to be born (tu-ud)

  113. [an], diŋir · heaven — write it

    𒀭 · AN · heaven; god (determinative {d})

  114. 𒂵 [ga] — what does it mean?

    milk · GA · milk; [ga]

  115. 𒀀 [a] — what does it mean?

    water · A · water

  116. [dumu], tur · child — write it

    𒌉 · TUR · child, son (dumu); small (tur)

  117. 𒉈 [ne] — what does it mean?

    brazier · NE · brazier/fire; [ne]

  118. 𒃲 — read it

    [gal] · big · GAL · big, great

  119. 𒊒 [ru] — what does it mean?

    dedicate · RU · to dedicate — a mu-na-ru, the votive's closing verb

  120. [še] · rope — write it

    𒂠 · EŠ2 · rope; the terminative -še3

  121. 𒉌 [ni], i3 — what does it mean?

    oil · NI · [ni]; oil, butter as i3

  122. 𒆗 [kal] — what does it mean?

    mighty · KAL · mighty, strong (kalag); precious

  123. 𒅥 — read it

    [gu] · eat · KA×GAR · to eat

  124. 𒍣 — read it

    [zi] · breath · ZI · breath, life; true, righteous (zid)

  125. 𒌅 [tu] — what does it mean?

    born · TU · to be born (tu-ud)

  126. 𒀭 [an], diŋir — what does it mean?

    heaven · AN · heaven; god (determinative {d})

  127. 𒊮 — read it

    [ša] · heart · ŠA3 · heart, midst, mood

  128. 𒌉 [dumu], tur — what does it mean?

    child · TUR · child, son (dumu); small (tur)

  129. 𒆳 — read it

    [kur] · mountain · KUR · mountain; foreign land

  130. [gal] · big — write it

    𒃲 · GAL · big, great

  131. 𒋗 — read it

    [šu] · hand · ŠU · hand

  132. 𒇽 — read it

    [lu] · man · LU2 · man, person

  133. 𒂠 [še] — what does it mean?

    rope · EŠ2 · rope; the terminative -še3

  134. 𒊑 — read it

    [ri] · distant · RI · [ri]; distant — ud ri-a, "in those days"

  135. 𒁉 — read it

    [bi] · its · BI · its/that; [bi] (a vessel in origin)

  136. 𒆷 — read it

    [la] · abundance · LA · [la]; abundance

  137. 𒋛 — read it

    [si] · horn · SI · horn; to fill

  138. [gu] · eat — write it

    𒅥 · KA×GAR · to eat

  139. [zi] · breath — write it

    𒍣 · ZI · breath, life; true, righteous (zid)

  140. 𒁲 — read it

    [di] · verdict · DI · lawsuit, judgment; to speak (di)

  141. [ša] · heart — write it

    𒊮 · ŠA3 · heart, midst, mood

  142. 𒂗 — read it

    [en] · lord · EN · lord; high priest

  143. 𒊕 — read it

    [saŋ] · head · SAG · head; first

  144. 𒂼 — read it

    [ama] · mother · AMA · mother

  145. 𒊺 — read it

    [še] · barley · ŠE · barley; grain

  146. [kur] · mountain — write it

    𒆳 · KUR · mountain; foreign land

  147. 𒃲 [gal] — what does it mean?

    big · GAL · big, great

  148. [šu] · hand — write it

    𒋗 · ŠU · hand

  149. [lu] · man — write it

    𒇽 · LU2 · man, person

  150. [bi] · its — write it

    𒁉 · BI · its/that; [bi] (a vessel in origin)

  151. 𒁕 — read it

    [da] · side · DA · side; [da] (comitative in context)

  152. 𒅔 — read it

    [in] · in- · IN · [in]; the verbal prefix in-

  153. [ri] · distant — write it

    𒊑 · RI · [ri]; distant — ud ri-a, "in those days"

  154. 𒁺 — read it

    [du] · go · DU · to go; a foot/leg in origin

  155. [la] · abundance — write it

    𒆷 · LA · [la]; abundance

  156. [si] · horn — write it

    𒋛 · SI · horn; to fill

  157. 𒋧 — read it

    [šum] · give · SUM · to give (a bundle of onions in origin)

  158. 𒅥 [gu] — what does it mean?

    eat · KA×GAR · to eat

  159. 𒍣 [zi] — what does it mean?

    breath · ZI · breath, life; true, righteous (zid)

  160. [di] · verdict — write it

    𒁲 · DI · lawsuit, judgment; to speak (di)

  161. 𒊮 [ša] — what does it mean?

    heart · ŠA3 · heart, midst, mood

  162. 𒅘 — read it

    [naŋ] · drink · KA×A · to drink

  163. [en] · lord — write it

    𒂗 · EN · lord; high priest

  164. [saŋ] · head — write it

    𒊕 · SAG · head; first

  165. 𒁾 — read it

    [dub] · tablet · DUB · (clay) tablet

  166. [ama] · mother — write it

    𒂼 · AMA · mother

  167. [še] · barley — write it

    𒊺 · ŠE · barley; grain

  168. 𒋫 — read it

    [ta] · from · TA · [ta] (ablative marker in context)

  169. 𒀸 — read it

    [aš] · one · AŠ · one; single

  170. 𒆳 [kur] — what does it mean?

    mountain · KUR · mountain; foreign land

  171. 𒋗 [šu] — what does it mean?

    hand · ŠU · hand

  172. 𒇽 [lu] — what does it mean?

    man · LU2 · man, person

  173. 𒁉 [bi] — what does it mean?

    its · BI · its/that; [bi] (a vessel in origin)

  174. [da] · side — write it

    𒁕 · DA · side; [da] (comitative in context)

  175. [in] · in- — write it

    𒅔 · IN · [in]; the verbal prefix in-

  176. 𒊑 [ri] — what does it mean?

    distant · RI · [ri]; distant — ud ri-a, "in those days"

  177. [du] · go — write it

    𒁺 · DU · to go; a foot/leg in origin

  178. 𒆷 [la] — what does it mean?

    abundance · LA · [la]; abundance

  179. 𒋛 [si] — what does it mean?

    horn · SI · horn; to fill

  180. [šum] · give — write it

    𒋧 · SUM · to give (a bundle of onions in origin)

  181. 𒆪 — read it

    [ku] · seize · KU · to seize (dab5); to sit, dwell (tuš)

  182. [naŋ] · drink — write it

    𒅘 · KA×A · to drink

  183. 𒁲 [di] — what does it mean?

    verdict · DI · lawsuit, judgment; to speak (di)

  184. 𒂗 [en] — what does it mean?

    lord · EN · lord; high priest

  185. 𒁀 — read it

    [ba] · allot · BA · to allot; the verbal prefix ba-

  186. 𒊕 [saŋ] — what does it mean?

    head · SAG · head; first

  187. 𒄿 — read it

    [i] · cry · I · the bare vowel i; the cry of laments (i-lu)

  188. [dub] · tablet — write it

    𒁾 · DUB · (clay) tablet

  189. 𒈾 — read it

    [na] · stone · NA · [na]; stone in some words

  190. 𒂼 [ama] — what does it mean?

    mother · AMA · mother

  191. 𒊺 [še] — what does it mean?

    barley · ŠE · barley; grain

  192. 𒂊 — read it

    [e] · levee · E · [e]; as a word, levee/ditch

  193. [ta] · from — write it

    𒋫 · TA · [ta] (ablative marker in context)

  194. [aš] · one — write it

    𒀸 · AŠ · one; single

  195. 𒁕 [da] — what does it mean?

    side · DA · side; [da] (comitative in context)

  196. 𒅔 [in] — what does it mean?

    in- · IN · [in]; the verbal prefix in-

  197. 𒁺 [du] — what does it mean?

    go · DU · to go; a foot/leg in origin

  198. 𒋻 — read it

    [tar] · cut · TAR · to cut; to decree (nam ... tar, to decree fate)

  199. 𒉆 — read it

    [nam] · fate · NAM · fate, destiny; abstract-noun prefix

  200. [ku] · seize — write it

    𒆪 · KU · to seize (dab5); to sit, dwell (tuš)

  201. 𒍪 — read it

    [zu] · know · ZU · to know; the -zu of "your"

  202. 𒋧 [šum] — what does it mean?

    give · SUM · to give (a bundle of onions in origin)

  203. 𒎏 — read it

    [nin] · lady · NIN · lady, queen, mistress

  204. 𒅘 [naŋ] — what does it mean?

    drink · KA×A · to drink

  205. [ba] · allot — write it

    𒁀 · BA · to allot; the verbal prefix ba-

  206. [i] · cry — write it

    𒄿 · I · the bare vowel i; the cry of laments (i-lu)

  207. 𒁾 [dub] — what does it mean?

    tablet · DUB · (clay) tablet

  208. [na] · stone — write it

    𒈾 · NA · [na]; stone in some words

  209. [e] · levee — write it

    𒂊 · E · [e]; as a word, levee/ditch

  210. 𒋫 [ta] — what does it mean?

    from · TA · [ta] (ablative marker in context)

  211. 𒆕 — read it

    [du] · build · KAK · to build; a peg — the builder's verb of every votive

  212. 𒀸 [aš] — what does it mean?

    one · AŠ · one; single

  213. 𒌨 — read it

    [ur] · dog · UR · dog; in names, "hound of" a god or king

  214. [tar] · cut — write it

    𒋻 · TAR · to cut; to decree (nam ... tar, to decree fate)

  215. [nam] · fate — write it

    𒉆 · NAM · fate, destiny; abstract-noun prefix

  216. 𒆪 [ku] — what does it mean?

    seize · KU · to seize (dab5); to sit, dwell (tuš)

  217. [zu] · know — write it

    𒍪 · ZU · to know; the -zu of "your"

  218. 𒁹 — read it

    [diš] · tally · DIŠ · one (counting); item marker

  219. [nin] · lady — write it

    𒎏 · NIN · lady, queen, mistress

  220. 𒁀 [ba] — what does it mean?

    allot · BA · to allot; the verbal prefix ba-

  221. 𒄿 [i] — what does it mean?

    cry · I · the bare vowel i; the cry of laments (i-lu)

  222. 𒈾 [na] — what does it mean?

    stone · NA · [na]; stone in some words

  223. 𒂊 [e] — what does it mean?

    levee · E · [e]; as a word, levee/ditch

  224. 𒌋 — read it

    [u] · ten · U · ten

  225. 𒅗 — read it

    [ka] · mouth · KA · mouth

  226. [du] · build — write it

    𒆕 · KAK · to build; a peg — the builder's verb of every votive

  227. [ur] · dog — write it

    𒌨 · UR · dog; in names, "hound of" a god or king

  228. 𒋻 [tar] — what does it mean?

    cut · TAR · to cut; to decree (nam ... tar, to decree fate)

  229. 𒉆 [nam] — what does it mean?

    fate · NAM · fate, destiny; abstract-noun prefix

  230. 𒌓 — read it

    [ud], utu · day · UD · day; sun

  231. 𒍪 [zu] — what does it mean?

    know · ZU · to know; the -zu of "your"

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