𒊕

𒊕

𒊕 U+12295, 𒊕 CUNEIFORM SIGN SAG ← 𒊔 [U+12294] Cuneiform 𒊖 → [U+12296]

Translingual

Glyph origin

The character in archaic linear script.[1]

1. the pictogram as it was drawn around 3000 B.C.E.;
2. the rotated pictogram as written around 2800 B.C.E.;
3. the abstracted glyph in archaic monumental inscriptions, from ca. 2600 B.C.E.;
4. the sign as written in clay, contemporary to stage 3;
5. late 3rd millennium (Neo-Sumerian);
6. Old Assyrian, early 2nd millennium, as adopted into Hittite;
7. simplified sign as written by Assyrian scribes in the early 1st millennium.

Cuneiform sign

𒊕	Sign Number
MZL	184
Deimel	115
HZL	192
Components
𒃰, 𒁹, 𒄑

Derived signs

• 𒅗
• 𒊗

 

References

1. A guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities‎, [London] : Printed by order of the Trustees, 1922, page 22

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

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Akkadian

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒊕 (sag̃, “head”).

Sign values

Sign	𒊕
Sumerograms	SAG
Phonetic values	ris, riš, sag/sak/saq, san, šag/šak/šaq

Logogram

𒊕 • (SAG)

1. Sumerogram of pūtum (“forehead, front”)
2. (rare) Sumerogram of qaqqadum (“head, top, person”)
3. Sumerogram of rēštum (“beginning”)
4. Sumerogram of rēšum (“head, top, slave”)

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Sumerian

Noun

𒊕 • (sag̃)

1. head
2. front, fore, beginning
3. surface, top
4. man, person, human being
5. slave, servant

Derived terms

• 𒊕𒁺 (sag̃-du, “head”)
• 𒊕𒆗 (sag̃-kal, “first rank, preeminent, foremost”)
• 𒊕𒆠 (sag̃-ki, “forehead, brow”)
• 𒊕𒉺𒆸 (zaraḫ, “lamentation, wailing”)

 

Related terms

• 𒊕𒁍 (sag̃ gid₂ /sag̃ gid/, “to get angry”)
• 𒊕𒅍 (sag̃ il₂ /sag̃ il/, “to raise the head”)
• 𒊕𒈪𒂵 (sag̃ gig₂-ga /sag̃ giga/, “Black Headed Ones”)

 

See also

• Sumerian terms spelled with 𒊕

References

• “𒊕 (sag̃)” in ePSD2
• Daniel Foxvog, Elementary Sumerian Glossary (2016)