Mu (cuneiform)
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mu-cuneiform-248-9424229
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Mu (cuneiform)
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The cuneiform sign mu, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts. It is also used as MU. Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for m, or u, or syllabically for mu. The u is replaceable in word formation by any of the 4 vowels: a, e, i, or u. One reason for the high usage of mu in the Amarna letters is for the word: "peace", or "be safe", Akkadian language šalāmu, for "to be sound, whole, safe". It is used especially between the
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Cuneiform sign
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2022-06-11T19:27:06Z
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