Mi (cuneiform)


Amarna letter EA 364-(Obverse), Ayyab to Pharaoh, "Justified War".[1]
Sign mi, 4th sign, line 10.
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The cuneiform mi, (also ) sign is a distinctive sign in the wedge-stroke group, and is used as a syllabic for mi, me, and an alphabetic for m, i, or e; it is also a sumerogram (capital letter (majuscule)) for MI, used for Akkadian language, "mūšu",[2] night. MI, in the Epic of Gilgamesh, is used in (Chapters) Tablets I, II, III, and XII as either MI, or MI.MEŠ, a total of six times; other spellings of mūšu in other sections are alphabetic/syllabic, four times.[3]


The sign can be found in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the mid-14th century BC Amarna letters. The signs usage in the Epic is as follows: -(1 time), mi-(126), MI-(9).[4]

Partial list of signs beginning with wedge (u)

Partial list of signs beginning with (wedge)-u, from the Epic of Gilgamesh (Parpola, 1971), and the Amarna letters:

Also:

References

  1. Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. The Amarna Letters. EA 365, Justified War, p. 362.
  2. Parpola, 197l. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Glossary, pp. 119-145, mūšu, p. 133.
  3. Parpola, 197l. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Glossary, pp. 119-145, mūšu, p. 133.
  4. Parpola, 197l. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, pp. 155-165, no. 427, p. 163.

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