Sumerian Addenda

The deck — cut 7

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. 𒌉 [dumu], tur — what does it mean?

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

  2. 𒁉 — read it

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

  3. 𒇽 — read it

    [lu] · man · LU2 · man, person

  4. 𒂠 [še] — what does it mean?

    rope · EŠ2 · rope; the terminative -še3

  5. 𒋗 — read it

    [šu] · hand · ŠU · hand

  6. 𒆷 — read it

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

  7. 𒊑 — read it

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

  8. [gu] · eat — write it

    𒅥 · KA×GAR · to eat

  9. 𒋛 — read it

    [si] · horn · SI · horn; to fill

  10. 𒂗 — read it

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

  11. 𒁲 — read it

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

  12. 𒂼 — read it

    [ama] · mother · AMA · mother

  13. [zi] · breath — write it

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

  14. [ša] · heart — write it

    𒊮 · ŠA3 · heart, midst, mood

  15. 𒊕 — read it

    [saŋ] · head · SAG · head; first

  16. 𒊺 — read it

    [še] · barley · ŠE · barley; grain

  17. 𒃲 [gal] — what does it mean?

    big · GAL · big, great

  18. [kur] · mountain — write it

    𒆳 · KUR · mountain; foreign land

  19. [bi] · its — write it

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

  20. [lu] · man — write it

    𒇽 · LU2 · man, person

  21. [šu] · hand — write it

    𒋗 · ŠU · hand

  22. 𒁕 — read it

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

  23. 𒁺 — read it

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

  24. 𒅔 — read it

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

  25. [la] · abundance — write it

    𒆷 · LA · [la]; abundance

  26. [ri] · distant — write it

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

  27. 𒅥 [gu] — what does it mean?

    eat · KA×GAR · to eat

  28. [si] · horn — write it

    𒋛 · SI · horn; to fill

  29. [en] · lord — write it

    𒂗 · EN · lord; high priest

  30. [di] · verdict — write it

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

  31. 𒋧 — read it

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

  32. 𒁾 — read it

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

  33. 𒅘 — read it

    [naŋ] · drink · KA×A · to drink

  34. [ama] · mother — write it

    𒂼 · AMA · mother

  35. 𒍣 [zi] — what does it mean?

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

  36. 𒊮 [ša] — what does it mean?

    heart · ŠA3 · heart, midst, mood

  37. [saŋ] · head — write it

    𒊕 · SAG · head; first

  38. [še] · barley — write it

    𒊺 · ŠE · barley; grain

  39. 𒀸 — read it

    [aš] · one · AŠ · one; single

  40. 𒋫 — read it

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

  41. 𒆳 [kur] — what does it mean?

    mountain · KUR · mountain; foreign land

  42. 𒁉 [bi] — what does it mean?

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

  43. 𒇽 [lu] — what does it mean?

    man · LU2 · man, person

  44. 𒋗 [šu] — what does it mean?

    hand · ŠU · hand

  45. [da] · side — write it

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

  46. [du] · go — write it

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

  47. [in] · in- — write it

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

  48. 𒆷 [la] — what does it mean?

    abundance · LA · [la]; abundance

  49. 𒊑 [ri] — what does it mean?

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

  50. 𒆪 — read it

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

  51. 𒁲 [di] — what does it mean?

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

  52. 𒁀 — read it

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

  53. 𒋛 [si] — what does it mean?

    horn · SI · horn; to fill

  54. 𒂗 [en] — what does it mean?

    lord · EN · lord; high priest

  55. [šum] · give — write it

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

  56. [dub] · tablet — write it

    𒁾 · DUB · (clay) tablet

  57. [naŋ] · drink — write it

    𒅘 · KA×A · to drink

  58. 𒂼 [ama] — what does it mean?

    mother · AMA · mother

  59. 𒄿 — read it

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

  60. 𒂊 — read it

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

  61. 𒈾 — read it

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

  62. 𒊕 [saŋ] — what does it mean?

    head · SAG · head; first

  63. 𒊺 [še] — what does it mean?

    barley · ŠE · barley; grain

  64. [aš] · one — write it

    𒀸 · AŠ · one; single

  65. [ta] · from — write it

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

  66. 𒁕 [da] — what does it mean?

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

  67. 𒁺 [du] — what does it mean?

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

  68. 𒅔 [in] — what does it mean?

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

  69. 𒋻 — read it

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

  70. 𒉆 — read it

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

  71. [ku] · seize — write it

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

  72. [ba] · allot — write it

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

  73. 𒋧 [šum] — what does it mean?

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

  74. 𒁾 [dub] — what does it mean?

    tablet · DUB · (clay) tablet

  75. 𒍪 — read it

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

  76. 𒅘 [naŋ] — what does it mean?

    drink · KA×A · to drink

  77. [i] · cry — write it

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

  78. 𒎏 — read it

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

  79. [e] · levee — write it

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

  80. [na] · stone — write it

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

  81. 𒀸 [aš] — what does it mean?

    one · AŠ · one; single

  82. 𒆕 — read it

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

  83. 𒋫 [ta] — what does it mean?

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

  84. [tar] · cut — write it

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

  85. 𒌨 — read it

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

  86. 𒁹 — read it

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

  87. [nam] · fate — write it

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

  88. 𒆪 [ku] — what does it mean?

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

  89. 𒁀 [ba] — what does it mean?

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

  90. [zu] · know — write it

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

  91. 𒄿 [i] — what does it mean?

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

  92. [nin] · lady — write it

    𒎏 · NIN · lady, queen, mistress

  93. 𒂊 [e] — what does it mean?

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

  94. 𒈾 [na] — what does it mean?

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

  95. 𒅗 — read it

    [ka] · mouth · KA · mouth

  96. [du] · build — write it

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

  97. 𒌋 — read it

    [u] · ten · U · ten

  98. [ur] · dog — write it

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

  99. 𒋻 [tar] — what does it mean?

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

  100. [diš] · tally — write it

    𒁹 · DIŠ · one (counting); item marker

  101. 𒉆 [nam] — what does it mean?

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

  102. 𒌓 — read it

    [ud], utu · day · UD · day; sun

  103. 𒍪 [zu] — what does it mean?

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

  104. 𒎏 [nin] — what does it mean?

    lady · NIN · lady, queen, mistress

  105. 𒍝 — read it

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

  106. [ka] · mouth — write it

    𒅗 · KA · mouth

  107. 𒆕 [du] — what does it mean?

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

  108. [u] · ten — write it

    𒌋 · U · ten

  109. 𒌗 — read it

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

  110. 𒊬 — read it

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

  111. 𒌨 [ur] — what does it mean?

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

  112. 𒂍 — read it

    [e] · house · É · house, temple

  113. 𒁹 [diš] — what does it mean?

    tally · DIŠ · one (counting); item marker

  114. 𒅆 — read it

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

  115. [ud], utu · day — write it

    𒌓 · UD · day; sun

  116. 𒈠 — read it

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

  117. [za] · bead — write it

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

  118. 𒊏 — read it

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

  119. 𒄀 — read it

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

  120. 𒅗 [ka] — what does it mean?

    mouth · KA · mouth

  121. 𒌋 [u] — what does it mean?

    ten · U · ten

  122. [iti] · month — write it

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

  123. 𒄥 — read it

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

  124. 𒈤 — read it

    [mah] · exalted · MAH · great, exalted

  125. 𒋾 — read it

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

  126. [sar] · write — write it

    𒊬 · SAR · to write; garden plot in origin

  127. 𒄄 — read it

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

  128. 𒄩 — read it

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

  129. [e] · house — write it

    𒂍 · É · house, temple

  130. 𒅎 — read it

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

  131. 𒈨 — read it

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

  132. 𒌧 — read it

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

  133. 𒀉 — read it

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

  134. [igi] · eye — write it

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

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

    day · UD · day; sun

  136. [ma] · workhorse — write it

    𒈠 · MA · [ma] — a spelling workhorse

  137. 𒈬 — read it

    [mu] · name · MU · name; year

  138. 𒍝 [za] — what does it mean?

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

  139. [ra] · toward — write it

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

  140. [gi] · reed — write it

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

  141. [gur] · bushel — write it

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

  142. 𒌗 [iti] — what does it mean?

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

  143. [mah] · exalted — write it

    𒈤 · MAH · great, exalted

  144. [ti] · arrow — write it

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

  145. 𒊬 [sar] — what does it mean?

    write · SAR · to write; garden plot in origin

  146. 𒆠 — read it

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

  147. [gi] · return — write it

    𒄄 · GI4 · to return, restore; to answer

  148. [ha] · fish — write it

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

  149. 𒂍 [e] — what does it mean?

    house · É · house, temple

  150. [im] · storm — write it

    𒅎 · IM · clay; rain, storm

  151. [me] · rites — write it

    𒈨 · ME · rites, divine powers; to be

  152. [kalam] · the Land — write it

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

  153. [a] · arm — write it

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

  154. 𒆤 — read it

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

  155. 𒅆 [igi] — what does it mean?

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

  156. [mu] · name — write it

    𒈬 · MU · name; year

  157. 𒈠 [ma] — what does it mean?

    workhorse · MA · [ma] — a spelling workhorse

  158. 𒂄 — read it

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

  159. 𒊏 [ra] — what does it mean?

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

  160. 𒄀 [gi] — what does it mean?

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

  161. 𒄥 [gur] — what does it mean?

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

  162. 𒈤 [mah] — what does it mean?

    exalted · MAH · great, exalted

  163. 𒋾 [ti] — what does it mean?

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

  164. 𒄘 — read it

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

  165. 𒈗 — read it

    [lugal] · king · LUGAL · king

  166. 𒇲 — read it

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

  167. [ki] · place — write it

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

  168. 𒄄 [gi] — what does it mean?

    return · GI4 · to return, restore; to answer

  169. 𒉡 — read it

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

  170. 𒄩 [ha] — what does it mean?

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

  171. 𒆬 — read it

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

  172. 𒀝 — read it

    [ak] · do · AK · to do, to make

  173. 𒅎 [im] — what does it mean?

    storm · IM · clay; rain, storm

  174. 𒈨 [me] — what does it mean?

    rites · ME · rites, divine powers; to be

  175. 𒌧 [kalam] — what does it mean?

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

  176. 𒀉 [a] — what does it mean?

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

  177. [lil], kid · spirit — write it

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

  178. 𒃻 — read it

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

  179. 𒈬 [mu] — what does it mean?

    name · MU · name; year

  180. [šul] · hero — write it

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

  181. 𒂵 — read it

    [ga] · milk · GA · milk; [ga]

  182. 𒀀 — read it

    [a] · water · A · water

  183. [gu] · neck — write it

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

  184. [lugal] · king — write it

    𒈗 · LUGAL · king

  185. [la] · weigh — write it

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

  186. 𒆠 [ki] — what does it mean?

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

  187. [nu] · not — write it

    𒉡 · NU · not — the negation

  188. 𒉈 — read it

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

  189. [ku] · pure — write it

    𒆬 · KU3 · pure, holy; precious metal

  190. [ak] · do — write it

    𒀝 · AK · to do, to make

  191. 𒊒 — read it

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

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

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

  193. 𒉌 — read it

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

  194. 𒆗 — read it

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

  195. [niŋ] · thing — write it

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

  196. 𒀭 — read it

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

  197. 𒂄 [šul] — what does it mean?

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

  198. [ga] · milk — write it

    𒂵 · GA · milk; [ga]

  199. 𒌅 — read it

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

  200. [a] · water — write it

    𒀀 · A · water

  201. 𒄘 [gu] — what does it mean?

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

  202. 𒈗 [lugal] — what does it mean?

    king · LUGAL · king

  203. 𒇲 [la] — what does it mean?

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

  204. 𒉡 [nu] — what does it mean?

    not · NU · not — the negation

  205. [ne] · brazier — write it

    𒉈 · NE · brazier/fire; [ne]

  206. 𒆬 [ku] — what does it mean?

    pure · KU3 · pure, holy; precious metal

  207. 𒀝 [ak] — what does it mean?

    do · AK · to do, to make

  208. 𒌉 — read it

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

  209. 𒂠 — read it

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

  210. [ru] · dedicate — write it

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

  211. [ni], i3 · oil — write it

    𒉌 · NI · [ni]; oil, butter as i3

  212. [kal] · mighty — write it

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

  213. 𒃻 [niŋ] — what does it mean?

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

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

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

  215. 𒂵 [ga] — what does it mean?

    milk · GA · milk; [ga]

  216. [tu] · born — write it

    𒌅 · TU · to be born (tu-ud)

  217. 𒀀 [a] — what does it mean?

    water · A · water

  218. 𒃲 — read it

    [gal] · big · GAL · big, great

  219. 𒉈 [ne] — what does it mean?

    brazier · NE · brazier/fire; [ne]

  220. [dumu], tur · child — write it

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

  221. [še] · rope — write it

    𒂠 · EŠ2 · rope; the terminative -še3

  222. 𒊒 [ru] — what does it mean?

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

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

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

  224. 𒆗 [kal] — what does it mean?

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

  225. 𒅥 — read it

    [gu] · eat · KA×GAR · to eat

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

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

  227. 𒍣 — read it

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

  228. 𒊮 — read it

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

  229. 𒌅 [tu] — what does it mean?

    born · TU · to be born (tu-ud)

  230. [gal] · big — write it

    𒃲 · GAL · big, great

  231. 𒆳 — read it

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

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