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What (who) is Šum (cuneiform) - definition
Šum (cuneiform)
CUNEIFORM SIGN
The cuneiform sign šum is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts).
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![Cuneiform writing in [[Ur]], southern Iraq](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cuneiform writing Ur.jpg?width=200 "Cuneiform writing in [[Ur]], southern Iraq")
![Extract from the [[Cyrus Cylinder]] (lines 15–21), giving the genealogy of [[Cyrus the Great]] and an account of his capture of [[Babylon]] in 539 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cyrus cylinder extract.svg?width=200 "Extract from the [[Cyrus Cylinder]] (lines 15–21), giving the genealogy of [[Cyrus the Great]] and an account of his capture of [[Babylon]] in 539 BC")
![Contract for the sale of a field and a house in the wedge-shaped cuneiform adapted for clay tablets, [[Shuruppak]], circa 2600 BC.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sales contract Shuruppak Louvre AO3766.jpg?width=200 "Contract for the sale of a field and a house in the wedge-shaped cuneiform adapted for clay tablets, [[Shuruppak]], circa 2600 BC.")
![The [[Kish tablet]], a limestone tablet from Kish with pictographic, early cuneiform, writing, 3500 BC. Possibly the earliest known example of writing. [[Ashmolean Museum]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tableta con trillo.png?width=200 "The [[Kish tablet]], a limestone tablet from Kish with pictographic, early cuneiform, writing, 3500 BC. Possibly the earliest known example of writing. [[Ashmolean Museum]].")
![Proto-cuneiform tablet, [[Jemdet Nasr period]], c. 3100–2900 BC.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Archaic cuneiform tablet E.A. Hoffman.jpg?width=200 "Proto-cuneiform tablet, [[Jemdet Nasr period]], c. 3100–2900 BC.")
![The [[Blau Monuments]] combine proto-cuneiform characters and illustrations, 3100–2700 BC. British Museum.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blau Monument British Museum 86260.jpg?width=200 "The [[Blau Monuments]] combine proto-cuneiform characters and illustrations, 3100–2700 BC. British Museum.")
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![The [[Rassam cylinder]] with translation of a segment about the [[Assyrian conquest of Egypt]] by [[Ashurbanipal]] against "[[Black Pharaoh]]" [[Taharqa]], 643 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rassam cylinder with translation of the First Assyrian Conquest of Egypt, 643 BCE.jpg?width=200 "The [[Rassam cylinder]] with translation of a segment about the [[Assyrian conquest of Egypt]] by [[Ashurbanipal]] against \"[[Black Pharaoh]]\" [[Taharqa]], 643 BC")
![𒆜 (kaskal)]] meaning "street" or "[[road junction]]", which symbolizes the intersection of the [[humanities]] and [[computer science]]. The name GigaMesh is an intentional reference to the legendary [[Gilgamesh]] from Mesopotamian folklore.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GigaMesh Logo.png?width=200 "𒆜 (kaskal)]] meaning \"street\" or \"[[road junction]]\", which symbolizes the intersection of the [[humanities]] and [[computer science]]. The name GigaMesh is an intentional reference to the legendary [[Gilgamesh]] from Mesopotamian folklore.")
ANCIENT WRITING SYSTEM USED FOR MANY LANGUAGES, INCLUDING AKKADIAN AND HITTITE
Proper names of Babylonia and Assyria; Transliterating cuneiform languages; Cuneiform (script); Cuniform; Cuneiforms; Arrow-Headed Characters; Cueniform; Cuneiform writing; Cuneiform transliteration; Akkadian Cuneiform; Cunieform; Sumerian cuneiform; Akkadian cuneiform; Sumerian script; ISO 15924:Xsux; Assyrian cuneiform; Neo-Assyrian cuneiform; Cuneiform Inscriptions; Babylonian Punctuation; Cuneiscript; Cuneiform studies; Xsux; Xsux (script); Cuneiform Studies; Mesopotamian hieroglyphs; Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform; Archaic cuneiform; Transliteration of cuneiform; XSUX; Cuneiform script; Mesopotamian script; Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform; 𒈰; Babylonian cuneiform; Babylonian script
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Cuneate, wedge-shaped.
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ANCIENT WRITING SYSTEM USED FOR MANY LANGUAGES, INCLUDING AKKADIAN AND HITTITE
Proper names of Babylonia and Assyria; Transliterating cuneiform languages; Cuneiform (script); Cuniform; Cuneiforms; Arrow-Headed Characters; Cueniform; Cuneiform writing; Cuneiform transliteration; Akkadian Cuneiform; Cunieform; Sumerian cuneiform; Akkadian cuneiform; Sumerian script; ISO 15924:Xsux; Assyrian cuneiform; Neo-Assyrian cuneiform; Cuneiform Inscriptions; Babylonian Punctuation; Cuneiscript; Cuneiform studies; Xsux; Xsux (script); Cuneiform Studies; Mesopotamian hieroglyphs; Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform; Archaic cuneiform; Transliteration of cuneiform; XSUX; Cuneiform script; Mesopotamian script; Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform; 𒈰; Babylonian cuneiform; Babylonian script
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Šum (cuneiform)
The cuneiform sign šum is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts).
