Dan (cuneiform)
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dan-cuneiform-271-15591864
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Dan (cuneiform)
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The cuneiform dan sign is a multi-use sign found in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Besides dan,, the following are its uses: As sumerogram GURUŠ, it is only used for its Akkadian language meaning "eṭlu"-("young man"). Half of the spellings of eṭlu use GURUŠ combined with other signs, and half spell eṭlu alphabetically/syllabically. The quantities used for specific meanings of the sign, in the Epic of Gilgamesh are as follows: dan-(27), kal-(23), lab-(19), lap-
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Cuneiform sign
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_(cuneiform)
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2022-06-11T19:25:32Z
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