𒆳

𒆳 U+121B3, 𒆳 CUNEIFORM SIGN KUR ← 𒆲 [U+121B2] Cuneiform 𒆴 → [U+121B4]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

𒆳	Sign Number
MZL	578
Deimel	366
HZL	329

Derived signs

• 𒀵
• 𒄠

 

References

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign	𒆳
Sumerograms	KUR
Phonetic values	kur, lad/lat/laṭ, mad/mat/maṭ, nad/nat, šad/šat/šaṭ

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒆳 (kur, “land, mountain, foreign land”).

Logogram

𒆳 • (KUR)

1. Sumerogram of kašādum (“to conquer”)
2. Sumerogram of kašdum (“successful”)
3. Sumerogram of mātum (“land”)
4. Sumerogram of šadûm (“mountain”)
5. (Neo-Assyrian) Akkadogram of sīsûm (“horse”)

Determinative

𒆳 • (KUR, ^kur)

1. used before names of lands and mountains.

Sumerian

Noun

𒆳 • (kur)

1. mountain
2. (foreign) land, country
3. east, easterner, east wind
4. netherworld

References

• “𒆳 (kur)” in ePSD2