𒌓

𒌓 U+12313, 𒌓 CUNEIFORM SIGN UD ← 𒌒 [U+12312] Cuneiform 𒌔 → [U+12314]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

𒌓	Sign Number
MZL	596
Deimel	381
HZL	316

Derived signs

• 𒌔
• 𒌗
• 𒌚
• 𒎎

 

References

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

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign	𒌓
Sumerograms	BABBAR, UD, UTU, U₄
Phonetic values	liḫ, par, pir, tam, ud/ut/uṭ, ḫiš

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒌓 (ud, “sun, day”).

Logogram

𒌓 • (U₄, UD, UTU)

1. Sumerogram for šamšum (“sun”)
2. Sumerogram for ūmum (“day”)

Etymology 2

From the first sign of 𒌓𒁺 (e₃ /⁠ed⁠/, “to go out”).

Logogram

𒌓 • (UD)

1. (Middle Babylonian, personal names) Sumerogram of waṣûm (“to go out”)

Sumerian

Alternative forms of /babbar/
𒌓𒌓 (babbar₂, bar₆-bar₆)

Etymology 1

Verb

𒌓 • (babbar)

1. to be white

See also

Colors in Sumerian · 𒍨 (zib₂ /⁠zib⁠/) (layout · text)

𒌓 (babbar)		𒈪 (giggi)
𒋜 (su₄ /⁠su⁠/), 𒁱 (dara₄ /⁠dara⁠/)	𒋜 (su₄ /⁠su⁠/), 𒁱 (dara₄ /⁠dara⁠/)	𒅊 (sig₇ /⁠sig⁠/)
	𒅊 (sig₇ /⁠sig⁠/)
		𒍝𒆳 (za-gin₃ /⁠zagin⁠/)
	𒄭𒈨𒁕 (ḫe-me-da /⁠ḫemeda⁠/)

Etymology 2

Noun

𒌓 • (u₄, ud, utu /ud/)

1. sun
2. day
   • (Can we date this quote?), “~C17th BCE, The Flood story, Segment D”, in ETCSL‎^[1], lines 1-6:

     𒅎𒅆𒌨𒅎𒅆𒌨𒅎𒋛𒋛𒅅𒆕𒀀𒁉𒌨𒁉𒉌𒁻 𒄀𒌍
     𒀀𒈠𒊒𒌋𒅗𒆏𒅗𒂵𒁀𒀭𒁕𒀊𒃡𒂊
     𒌓𒐌𒀀𒀭𒈪𒅓𒀀𒀭
     𒀀𒈠𒊒𒌦𒈠𒁀𒃡𒊏𒋫
     𒄑𒈣𒆸𒆸𒀀𒃲𒆷𒅎𒅆𒌨𒅆𒌨𒇧𒇧𒀀𒋫
     𒀭𒌓𒄿𒅎𒈠𒊏𒌓𒁺𒀭𒆠𒀀𒌓𒂷𒂷

     im-ḫul-im-ḫul ^tum₉si-si-ig du₃-a-bi teš₂-bi i₃-sug₂-ge-eš
     a-ma-ru ugu kab dug₄-ga ba-an-da-ab-ur₃-e
     ud imin-am₃ g̃i₆ imin-am₃
     a-ma-ru kalam-ma ba-ur₃-ra-ta
     ^g̃išma₂ gur₄-gur₄ a gal-la im-ḫul tuku₄-tuku₄-a-ta
     ^dutu i-im-ma-ra-e₃ an ki-a ud g̃a₂-g̃a₂

     After the flood had swept over the land, and waves and windstorms had rocked the huge boat for seven days and seven nights, Utu the sun god came out, illuminating heaven and earth.

3. heat
4. a fever
5. summer

Derived terms

• 𒌓𒁀 (ud-ba /⁠ud-bâ⁠/)

 

Proper noun

𒌓 • (utu /Utu/)

1. Alternative form of 𒀭𒌓 (^dutu /⁠Utu⁠/)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms of /zalag/
𒂟 (zalag₂)
𒈜 (zalag₃)

Verb

𒌓 • (zalag)

1. to be pure
2. to be bright, shine

See also

• Sumerian terms spelled with 𒌓

References

• “𒌓 (babbar)” in ePSD2
• “𒌓 (ud)” in ePSD2
• “𒌓 (Utu)” in ePSD2
• “𒌓 (zalag)” in ePSD2

Further reading

𒌓 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia