šeššig
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Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the cuneiform sign 𒊺 (še), used as a sort of diacritical element to create new signs.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈʃeʃ.ʃiɡ/
Noun
[edit]šeššig ?
- word used to describe a sign that is expanded with a set of entangled marks. For example the sign 𒁽 is described as 𒁺𒊺𒋝 (DU-šeššig).
Alternative forms
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References
[edit]- Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, page 186
- Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts