Mu (cuneiform)
majuscule
, MU).(digitized form mu, and other meanings)
Amarna letter
that uses cuneiform mu.(Last cuneiform sign, line 6.)
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The cuneiform sign mu, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts). It is also used as MU.
Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for m, or u, or syllabically for mu. The u is replaceable in word formation by any of the 4 vowels: a, e, i, or u.
One reason for the high usage of mu in the Amarna letters is for the word: "peace", or "be safe", Akkadian language šalāmu,[1] for "to be sound, whole, safe". It is used especially between the Great King letters.
Epic of Gilgamesh usage
The mu sign usage in the Epic of Gilgamesh is as follows: mu-(266 times); MU-(87).[2]
References
- ^ Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Glossary, pp. 119-145, šalāmu, p. 140, "to be sound, whole, safe".
- ^ Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, pp. 155-165, no. 061, p. 156, "mu".
- ISBN 0-8018-6715-0)
- Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Parpola, Simo, Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, c 1997, Tablet I thru Tablet XII, Index of Names, Sign List, and Glossary-(pp. 119–145), 165 pages.
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Amarna letterthat uses cuneiform mu.
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