Talk:𒍎

Hi @Fenakhay!

I've seen you added the template {{akk-cuneiform form of}}. I find the wording of that template a bit odd and misleading, since 𒍎 is only one way to spell paššūrum in cuneiform. It can be spelt in may different ways, including ways that don't include the cuneiform sign 𒍎 at all. The sign, technically speaking, is a Sumerogram that can be used to write paššūrum, but it's not compulsory.

Strictly speaking, BANŠUR is not the transliteration of an Akkadian word, but the "code" used in transliterated Akkadian texts to refer to the sign 𒍎. These codes are called "logograms" or more precisely "Sumerograms" (=Sumerian signs used to write Akkadian words), and may or may not represent the reconstructed Sumerian pronunciation of that character (which might have changed from the time the Sumerogram transliteration was created).

Would it be possible to create a template for Sumerograms (in addition to {{akk-cuneiform form of}}, that we might still want to use in other places), to use in cuneiform sign entries like this one, something like:

• 𒍎 (BANŠUR), Sumerogram for paššūrum.

All on the same line. There is not need to give the corresponding Akkadian word on the second line.

What do you think? Sartma (talk) 14:53, 28 April 2021 (UTC)