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The cuneiform lu sign is a common, multi-use sign, a syllabic for ''lu'', and an alphabetic sign used for ''l'', or ''u''; it has many other sub-uses, as seen in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' over hundreds of years, and the 1350 BC Amarna letters. Its other uses show other syllabic and alphabetic forms that it can be used for: other vowels, or consonants; (in Akkadian ''d'' can replace ''t'', and ''b'' and ''p'' are also interchangeable). There are also four sumerogrammic sub-forms for ''"lu"'' in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', LU, and UDU, and DAB and DIB; ''LU'' transposes to Akkadian language, ''"lullû"'', for English language, ''(primitive) man'';〔Parpola, 197l. ''The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh'', Glossary, pp. 119-145, lullû, p. 131.〕 ''DAB'' transposes to ṣabātu,〔Parpola, 197l. ''The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh'', Glossary, pp. 119-145, ṣabātu, p. 139.〕 English for ''to seize, capture''. The usage numbers for ''lu'' (sign no. 537) in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' are as follows:〔Parpola, 197l. ''The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh'', Sign List, pp. 155-165, Sign No. 537, lu, p. 164.〕 ''dab''-(2) times, ''dap''-(4), ''dib''-(1), ''lu''-(293), ''tep''-(1), ''tàb''-(1), ''tib''-(4), ''DAB''-(4), ''DIB''-(1), ''LU''-(9), ''UDU''-(1).〔Parpola, 197l. ''The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh'', Sign List, pp. 155-165, no. 537, Lu, p. 156.〕 The ''lu'' cuneiform sign is within a small group of signs that are composed of 1- or 2-vertical strokes (at right or left), the other signs being no. 535 Ib (cuneiform), no. 536 ku (cuneiform) (only 1-vertical, left and right), no. 575 ur (cuneiform), and gáb (cuneiform). Besides ''ša'' usage in word components of verbs, nouns, etc., it has a major usage between words. In Akkadian, for English language ''"who"'', it is an interrogative pronoun; in the Akkadian language as ''ša'', (as "that", "what"; ("that (of)", "which (of)"〔Parpola, 197l. ''The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh'', Glossary, pp. 119-145, ša, p. 139.〕), in English it used for ''who, what, which, etc.''. - ==Ša, and Ka, the stroke differences== The difference in the construction of the signs ''ka'' and ''ša'' are as follows: "ka" when scribed in the Amarna letters often shows the distinctiveness of the right section of the sign, versus the left section. For ''ša'', the right section is constructed with two wedge strokes (one scribed above the other), between the two verticals, at right. For ''ka'', the right side mostly, in the Amarna letters has two verticals, with two horizontals that cross both of them; (the right side is like a two-step ladder shape—(for Hittite ''ka'':—)). A good example of ''ša'', is shown for EA 365, Reverse (top half), where the 2-wedge strokes of ''ša'' between the 2-right verticals is clear. (Note, the ''ša'' of EA 365 appears to have 3-horizontals at left (differing lengths), then the 2-verticals with the 2-wedge strokes, at right.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lu (cuneiform)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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