- Joshua Bowen’ & Megan Lewis’ , “Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian”, 2020 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
- Here I present: Joshua Bowen’ & Megan Lewis’ , “Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian”, 2020, PART THREE (III).
- COMMENTS.
- A logograms is “numerical” pattern in based on the number of “impressions”; and, a list of logogram “patterns” is shown BELOW.
LOGOGRAMS.
0 𒊹
1 𒌋 𒀸 𒁹 𒀹 𒀺
2 𒈨 𒇲 𒁇 𒁁
3 𒉡 𒀀 𒉺 𒅆 𒋡 𒌍 𒄑 𒆕 𒆳 𒋻 𒀖 𒀶 𒀼
4 𒁀 𒄭 𒄷 𒉿 𒋛 𒉌 𒍝 𒌓 𒆜 𒃻 𒄷 𒀭 𒊩
5 𒁺 𒁍 𒄿 𒋾 𒌒 𒌨 𒂷 𒀊 𒀊 𒊑 𒈠 𒆪 𒀪 𒀾
6 𒋫 𒁲 𒍑 𒌑 𒃲 𒆗 𒋗 𒉣 𒊒 𒌌 𒀫 𒀽
7 𒌉 𒈬 𒊕 𒄖 𒂊 𒁴 𒀴 𒁄
8 𒆠 𒅎 𒇽 𒅁 𒍪 𒊏 𒂖 𒁉 𒋜 𒀔 𒀠 𒀮 𒀿 𒁂
9 𒆤 𒈾 𒉈 𒂍 𒂼 𒈪 𒈤 𒄀 𒋤 𒉈 𒂗 𒀕 𒀚 𒀜
10 𒁮 𒋧 𒁕 𒀘 𒀛 𒀞 𒀵
11 𒀝 𒅅 𒅗 𒆷 𒁕 𒍣 𒂦 𒅔 𒉆 𒄀 𒈗 𒃶 𒀝 𒀳
12 𒌦 𒁕 𒀓 𒀣 𒀯
13 𒄀 𒉆 𒅔 𒂦 𒍣 𒀟 𒀧
14 𒃶 𒈗 𒀨 𒀬 𒁅
15 𒌅 𒉘 𒌅 𒀙 𒀢 𒀤 𒀦
16 𒈿 𒅋 𒀡
17 𒀉 𒀥
18 𒇷
19 𒆓 𒀲
20 𒅍 𒀗
21
22 𒊷 𒀩 𒍜 𒀩
23 𒀷
24
25 𒁃
26 𒆓
27 𒊍
28 𒀻
29 𒆟
36 𒀰
76 𒀱
The first languages writing developed independently by the Sumerians of West Asian, and the Chinese of East Asia.
Both the Sumerians and the Chinese use logograms to write phrases. Samples of Sumerian phrases are shown BELOW.
SUMERIAN PHRASES.
𒅆 𒈾 3. 9 igi-na. In front of him.
𒄀 𒅇 9. 10 gi-u. Come back here!
𒁄 𒂊 𒅁 7. 7. 8 bal-e-eb. Turn them away!
𒆠 𒂗 𒄀 8. 10. 9. ki-en-gi. Sumer city.
𒅗 𒌤 𒀀 11. 15. 3 gu-de-a. Gudea city.
𒄾 𒆷 𒀊 8. 12. 5 hul-la-ab. Make them happy!
𒀀 𒀀 𒈬 3. 3. 7 a-a ĝu₁₀ My father.
𒀭 𒆠 𒀀 4. 8. 3 an ki-a. In heaven and earth.
𒂍 𒈗 𒆤 9. 14. 9 e-lugal.ke₄ The house of the king.
𒂍 𒀀 𒁺 𒁀 9. 3. 5. 4 e. a. du. ba. Stay home.
𒁁 𒋀 𒆠 𒆤 2. 5. 8. 9 bad-šeš-ki-ke₄. Wall of Ur.
𒅎 𒈪 𒅔 𒃻 8. 9. 12. 4 im-mi-in-ĝar. He set-up it there (in).
𒂼 𒉡 𒌇 𒈨 9. 3. 4. 2 ama nu-tuku-me. I am one who has no mother.
𒀀 𒈬 𒍢 𒈨 3. 7. 10. 2 a-ĝu₁₀ ze-me You are my father!
𒄤 𒉈 𒁀 𒋧 20. 9. 4. 10 gaz-de ba-šum. He was given over to be executed.
𒀀 𒉡 𒌇 𒈨 3. 3. 4. 2 a nu-tuku-me. I am one who has no father.
𒁮 𒉡 𒌇 𒉘 𒂗 10. 3. 4. 12. 10 dam-NU-TUK-am₂ EN. I have no wife.
𒂍 𒍪 𒃲 𒆷 𒈨 9. 8. 6. 12. 2 e-zu gal-la-am. Your house is big.
𒂍 𒁉 𒂷 𒀀 𒄰 9. 8. 5. 3. 6 e-bi ĝa-a-kam. That house is mine.
𒁺 𒉡 𒌝 𒍢 𒂗 5. 3. 10. 10. 10 ĝen-nu-um-ze-en. Come here!
𒆠 𒉘 𒂷 𒉌 𒈨 𒂗 8. 15. 5. 4. 2. 10 ki-ag-ĝa-ni. me-en. You are here beloved.
𒄤 𒉈 𒁀 𒀭 𒋧 𒈬 𒍑 20. 9. 4. 4. 10. 7. 6 gaz-de ba-an-šum-mu-uš. They gave him over to be executed.
𒀀 𒈬 𒊮 𒂵 𒋗 𒁀 𒉌 𒅗 3. 7. 6. 13. 6. 4. 4. 11 a-ĝu₁₀ ša-ga šu ba-ni-du₁₁ You put my seed in the womb.
𒈗 𒀀 𒂍 𒃲 𒋗 𒅋 𒇷 𒄰 14. 3. 9. 6. 6. 13. 17. 6 lugal a-na E.GAL-šu il-li kam. The king came to his palace.
- Here I presented: Joshua Bowen’ & Megan Lewis’ , “Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian”, 2020, PART THREE (III).
SUMMARY.
The task that Joshua Bowen’ & Megan Lewis’ present of learning to read the “ancient language” of Sumerian is comparable to the learning to read the “modern languages” written in kanji’ (Chinese and Japanese).
The numerical sense of the logograms in Sumerian and Chinese is comparable; and, the beginning student must grasp this basic concept.
