Konrad Volk, “A Sumerian Reader”, 1999 uses the 256 logograms list BELOW. The numbers refer to how many impressions a logogram has. The list must be memorized.
CUNEIFORM LIST.
0. 𒊹 (one).
1. 𒁹 𒀸 𒌋 (three).
2. 𒈫 𒑖 𒐞 𒉽 𒁁 𒈦 𒋙 𒇲 𒈨 (nine).
3. 𒐈 𒀀 𒆳 𒋻 𒋡 𒉡 𒃰 𒆕 𒉺 𒄑 𒅆 𒑚 𒌍 (thirteen).
4. 𒍝 𒄭 𒀭 𒁀 𒃻 𒋾 𒄷 𒋛 𒄥 𒌓 𒇹 𒆜 𒌓 𒂟 𒌇 𒆸 𒊩 (sixteen).
5. 𒐊 𒐬 𒄱 𒅕 𒆰 𒊑 𒋩 𒈣 𒈹 𒀊 𒁺 𒅕 𒂷 𒆦 𒄞 𒈥 𒄨 𒀾 𒈠 𒁍 𒉏 𒌨 𒐐 𒇥 𒆪 (twenty-five).
6. 𒐋 𒌷 𒄈 𒊒 𒈧 𒉣 𒋫 𒍑 𒄒 𒌑 𒃲 𒋗 𒊮 𒄰 𒀫 𒌌 𒁲 𒆹 𒇻 𒆵 (twenty).
7. 𒐌 𒁄 𒌗 𒈬 𒊕 𒄿 𒌉 𒂊 𒋀 𒁶 𒇉 𒊩𒆳 𒄖 (thirteen).
8. 𒐍 𒍪 𒃷 𒊓 𒄠 𒀔 𒃾 𒁉 𒎎 𒀠 𒈛 𒇽 𒃼 𒊭 𒅆𒌨 𒇯 𒅁 𒉄 𒂖 (twenty).
9. 𒑆 𒂠 𒄀 𒋢 𒈤 𒈾 𒁯 𒄘 𒀜 𒉈 𒁽 𒂼 𒃌 𒆤 𒊏 𒁓 𒋤 𒋼𒀀 𒄯 𒈪 (twenty).
10. 𒁮 𒂗 𒂡 𒊺 𒄣 𒄫 𒆒 𒊺 𒈲 𒌔 𒉭 𒉎 𒂂 𒅇 𒋞 𒆥 𒊩𒌆 𒁮 (seventeen).
11. 𒅗 𒅅 𒀝 𒁵 𒂗 𒄙 𒂦 𒀏 𒃠 𒁖 (ten).
12. 𒆷 𒋳 𒀯 𒁾 𒉪 𒌋𒅗 𒉐 𒈝 𒂄 (nine).
13. 𒅴 𒁾 𒋚 𒉆 𒍣 𒆍 𒅔 𒊬 𒉋 𒂵 𒄄 𒈜 (twelve).
14. 𒉢 𒂇 𒃶 𒌦 𒍠 𒂇 𒆬 𒇇 (eight).
15. 𒅥 𒌅 𒌢 𒃥 (four).
16. 𒅄 𒉚 𒋋 𒌤 𒌵 𒂞 (six).
17. 𒀉 𒀲 (two).
18. 𒈿 𒇷 𒅍 𒊷 (four).
19. 𒁰 (one).
20. 𒄋 𒊿 (two).
21. 𒀩 (one).
22. 𒀩 𒁈 (two).
