Sumerian Core Cuneiform

Image:  A sign which typically represents the star Sirius across cultures.

Definition: Divinity, divine-powers, divine realm, divine -ones.  Sirius is the sun's companion star and was seen as the intermediary between the life powers and the motion power classes. As such it came to represent both classes as the divinity. Sumerian texts call AN  "harvest-chief" and "plant-grower." 

Image: Divine powers within a realm, in this case the  earth-realm.

Meaning: moon

Image: rope, thread

Definition: 

1. thread, rope; measuring tape. As a unit of measure = 10 nindan rods = 20 reeds = 120 cubits = the side of 1 square iku in area .

Image: horizontal lines giving a sense of motion

Definitions: (noun) fluid, water, (verb) to move towards, to flow

Image:  Single line

Definitions: one, unique, alone 

Image: Two things together but not bound

Definition: couple, pair (noun) to pair up (verb)

Image: crossed lines

Definition: an inherent paired couple such as a brother, sister, sibling, relative

Image: half line

Definition:  part-of.  This could be interest on a loan, a fractional cost like rent, fractional yield of a field

Image: square, rectangle

Definition: room, plot of land

Image: square with a cross partly filling the space (a room in the process of being divided, that is, the cross is growing)

Definition: to disturb, to agitate 

Image: square with 2 vertical lines. (a room with a growing pair of something)

Definition: household, family

Image: section of land with reduced (cut-down) grain. Notice the grain stalks run end to end.

Definition: flour

 Image:  Room or plot of land split in half

Definition: separation (noun), to separate (verb)

1. (Adj) separated: SX 6.4

Image: Tied bundle of grain stalks

Definition: bound things (noun)  to bind, to tie (verb)

Image: side view of a metal mold

Definition: Copper or any castable metal like bronze, gold, silver

Image: open square (hollow piece of wood or horn)

Definition: musical instrument, music, song

Image: an empty basket

Definition: a space

Image: Front view of a goat or sheep head (notice straight horns)

Definition: leaper, goat, sheep (noun) to leap (verb)

Image: Front view of cow head (notice angled horns)

Definition: Female cow

Image: Front view of a drooling bull head - rounded version from Sippar foundation stone (2450 BCE)

Definition: bull, chaotic rain storm deity (noun), to rush around (verb) -  Drooling is a sign the bull is stressed and excitable (or has eaten something irritating). Such bulls represented the chaotic power of a thunder storm which brought rains. 

Image: Female sign, Vulva

Definition: narrow-passage, narrow-thing (noun) to narrow, to thin (verb) 

Image:  Female sign (SAL) ruling over room with two growing people

Definition:  (noun) queen, mistress, proprietress, lady, homemaker

Image: an irregular square

Definition: city, town, village

Image: top of a grain stalk

Definition 1: grain

Definition 2: a small length measure, barleycorn = 1/6 finger = 1/30 cubit = 1.67 centimeter in Presarg.-OB period; as a surface area measure = 432 square linear barleycorns = 12 square fingers; as a volume measure = 1/180 gín = 1/3 gín-tur = 1 2/3 sìla = 360 cubic fingers = 1/10800 sar = approx. 1.667 liters; 1/180 of a gín or shekel of silver = ca. 0.0463 grams 

Image: plowed ground - from Sippar stone

Definition: field, fishing-ground, any land which produces food

1. (Noun) ground: SX 6.4

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1. (Noun) fishing-ground: SS 1. 

Image: squatting person

Definition: offspring, progeny (noun), to make, to birth 

Image: Side view of legs with back foot high representing walking

Definitions: (verb) to walk, to go

Image: Side view of legs with front foot high representing running

Definition: to plunder, to capture, to bring back

Image: Side view of a falling person or person on hans and knees

Definition: (noun) submission, (verb) to bow down, to submit, to succumb.

Image: Side view of grain stalks confined within a space

Definitions:  earth, place, area, (noun) where, wherever (preposition)

Image: grain stalks growing out of its space

Definition: storeroom (noun), to store, to accumulate (verb)

Image: storage pot with pointed base for loading onto boats

Definition: mold, to form (noun) to mold, to form (verb)

Image: a filled storage pot

Definition: filling, to fill, to make full

Image: Storage pot grouping its content (grains, fluids, fruits)

Definition: group of companions, mixed-things (noun), to mix, to accompany (verb)

Image: storage pot showing an inner box at the top which probably represents the inner spirit.

Definition: (noun) self, a living person, he, she, that one

Noun possessive suffix: Indicates object is owned by someone. When applied to a deity then the deity's underlying power is meant.

Image: The single vertical line represents heat. This drawing then is of a mix of things in a cooking pot being heated, merged, and transformed. In Akkadian this means "emanations" as in the heat, light, and rain from the sun and clouds.

Definition: wisdom, knowledge (noun) to learn, to teach, to know, to cook

Image: Space containing a mixture of things with some things being heated

Definition: dry, to dry

Image: cooking pot over an oven

Definition: cooking, cooking place, kitchen

Image: strings or threads on a loom - from Sippar Stone

Definition: (unknown)

Image: fish net or a piece of cloth

Definition: net, cloth

Image:  Threads on a loom being formed into cloth. This was an analogy to how divine powers came down to earth by first being distributed by the life network.

Definition: messages, omens, messenger, diviner (noun)

Image: Man

Definition: man, male, someone

Image: Person with arm behind back

Definition: liar, deceiver (noun) to deceive (verb) 

Image: Side view of oil lamp filled with oil. Left image is later version. Picture of 2100 BCE Sumerian oil lamp in center (Met Museum at: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324132)

Definition: to set down, to put in place (verb)

Image: Side view of a cloth toga

Definition: flax, linen clothing