𒐍

𒐍	U+1240D, 𒐍 CUNEIFORM NUMERIC SIGN EIGHT DISH

← 𒐌
[U+1240C]

Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation

𒐎 →
[U+1240E]

Translingual edit

Cuneiform sign edit

Components
𒐍	Sign Number
MZL	864
Deimel	598d
HZL	374
𒁹

References edit

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List of cuneiform signs

Wikipedia

R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian edit

Sign values edit

Sign	𒐍
Sumerograms	480, 8, USSU
Phonetic values	—

Etymology edit

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒐍 (ussu, “eight”)

Logogram edit

𒐍 • (USSU)

Sumerogram of samānat (“eight”)

Sumerian edit

**Sumerian numbers ^(edit)**
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: 𒐍 (ussu)

Etymology edit

A derivation from 𒐊 (ia₂ /⁠ya⁠/, “five”) +‎ 𒐈 (eš₅ /⁠eš⁠/, “three”) has been proposed, but it is phonologically impossible. The etymology of this numeral remains unknown.

Alternative forms of /ussu/
𒐆 (ussu₂)

Numeral edit

𒐍 • (ussu)

eight, 8

References edit

Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian‎^[1] (doctoral thesis), page 243
“𒐍 (ussu)” in ePSD2