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Syllable Alphabet A (SA) (Q000058)

Lexical, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	Syllable Alphabet A (SA)
ID	Q000058
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Lexical

Transliteration (ATF)

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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
1	me-me
2	pap-pap
3	a-a	father
4	a-a-a	father
5	ku-ku
6	lu-lu
7	maš	goat
8	maš-maš	exorcist
9	maš-du₃
10	maš-ni	goat
11	si-du₃	(a kind of reed)
12	si-ni	his horn
13	si-a	horns
14	u-bar
15	bar-bar
16	la₂-la₂
17	ši-bar
18	bar-ši
19	ši-ši
20	ši-ši-ši
21	a-ši	aši
22	a-ši-ši	to go up, down
23	me-a	where?
24	me-ni	his divine powers
25	aš-ni	Hand-lifting device
26	aš-ur
27	nun-ni	his ruler
28	nun-ur
29	a-ku	I,
30	lagab-a	Lagaba
31	a-pap
32	pap-a	Papa,
33	a-an	Ān
34	an-a	Ana,
35	kur-ba	in its mountain
36	kur-u-ta	from the mountain
37	me-zu	your divine powers
38	me-wa-zu	Mewazu
39	i₃-zu	know.
40	a-zu	physician, physician
41	zu-zu	to know, know
42	i₃-ba	of oil,
43	i₃-ba-ba	he shall pay.
44	a-ba	who?
45	a-ba-ba	who
46	ba-ba	Baba
47	ba-ba-a	Babâ
48	ba-za	Baza,
49	ba-za-za
50	ni-a	by himself
51	a-ni	Ani
52	tab-ni	tabni
53	kaš-ni	beer
54	ni-ur-ba	Nīrba,
55	be-li₂	my lord
56	be-li₂-dug₃	Belī-dug,
57	ŋeš-be	Its lord
58	nu-nu
59	a-nu-nu	Anunu
60	saŋ-kud
61	saŋ-kud-da-a	sakudda-vessel
62	saŋ-an	(a kind of container)
63	saŋ-an-tuk
64	sag-ŋu₁₀
65	saŋ-kur
66	saŋ-kur-ta	from Sakur
67	kud-da	(a kind of container)
68	kud-da-a
69	gab-gab
70	nin-gab	Ningab
71	nin-ezen	Nin-ezen
72	nin-sukkal	Nin-sukkal
73	nin-sukkal-an-ka	of Ninsukkalanka
74	pu₂-ta	from the well
75	sila-ta	from the street
76	e₂-ta	from the house
77	e₂-gud	the oxen-pen
78	an-dul₃	a protective spirit
79	an-an-dul₃	covered with a cloth
80	an-ŋa₂	Anba
81	an-kal	Ankal,
82	tam-ma	it is a
83	tam-tam-ma	the Sea
84	ug₄-ga	of the people
85	ug₄-ug₄-ga	of the people
86	an-gar₃
87	gar₃-an	a kind of container
88	an-aš₂	Anš
89	aš₂-an	I have given.
90	an-ba	At that time
91	an-ba-ni	Anbani
92	an-ni	this
93	an-ni-zu	Anzu
94	dug₃-ga	good
95	dug₃-dug₃-ga	good quality beer
96	me-dug₃	a sweet fragrance
97	me-dug₃-ga	a good thing
98	ši-ba-ni	Šibani
99	ši-ba-ur	šibār
100	hu-hu
101	hu-ba	Ḫuba,
102	hu-ur
103	hu-ru
104	an-u₂	Anu,
105	u₂-a	for Ua;
106	u₂-da
107	pa-pa
108	pa-ŋa₂
109	pa-ŋa₂-ŋa₂
110	a-a-ur	Aya-ur
111	an-ur	lion
112	ni-ni	his own
113	ni-ni-a	by himself
114	ni-ni-ni	we are.
115	ni-ni-ni-a	by ourselves
116	ab-ba	Abba
117	ab-ba-ŋu₁₀	Abba-bu
118	ab-ba-ni	his father
119	ab-ba-a	Abbaya
120	ab-ba-iri	Abba-iri
121	igi-su₄	his eye
122	igi-su₄-su₄
123	su₄
124	su₄-su₄-a

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