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Ma (cuneiform)
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The cuneiform ma sign, is found in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh. In the Epic it is also used as the Sumerogram MA,. The ma sign is often used at the end of words,
Amarna letter EA 365, "Furnishing Corvée Workers", Biridiya to Pharaoh, reverse (lines 15–30, (31)). 5th line from bottom, (line 23), "LÚ-MEŠ–ma-as-sà
Amarna letter EA 365, "Furnishing Corvée Workers", Biridiya to Pharaoh, reverse (lines 15–30, (31)). 5th line from bottom, (line 23), "LÚ-MEŠ–ma-as-sà-meš (and)". Line 25, 3rd from bottom, repeats the long name. (high resolution, expandible photo)
Amarna letter EA 365 (reverse, top half), "Furnishing Corvée Workers", Biridiya to Pharaoh, (subject corvee labor, and townsites: Shunama, Yapu, and N
Amarna letter EA 365 (reverse, top half), "Furnishing Corvée Workers", Biridiya to Pharaoh, (subject corvee labor, and townsites: Shunama, Yapu, and Nuribta). The "alphabetic" ma sign is used in the 7th line (Line 21), for URU-(city)-Šu-na-ma-ki, sixth character from left. [English: line 21: "in (i-na) 'City'-Shunama-(yours)"(ki)] (text reads left-to-right, with a common signature of the right side of some characters ending in vertical single, or multiple strokes). (high resolution, expandible photo)
Ne (cuneiform)
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The cuneiform Ne sign, is found in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh. In the Amarna letters, it is especially used in the opening, and introductory paragraph of the cla
Amarna letter EA 9-(Reverse), Tushratta to Pharaoh, with usage of cuneiform bil in the spelling of qabû, "to say, tell", Paragraph 1 (tablet obverse). (high resolution, expandible photo, and last line, 3rd sign from left — bi), a common multi-use, multi-syllabic sign
Amarna letter EA 9-(Reverse), Tushratta to Pharaoh, with usage of cuneiform bil in the spelling of qabû, "to say, tell", Paragraph 1 (tablet obverse).
Amarna letter EA 252-(Obverse), line 2, qí-bil-ma, for "qabû", ("to speak", or "speaking")
Amarna letter EA 252-(Obverse), line 2, qí-bil-ma, for "qabû", ("to speak", or "speaking")