La (cuneiform)

The cuneiform sign for la (𒆷), and also in the Epic of Gilgamesh the sumerogram LA-(capital letter (majuscule), is a common-use sign for the Epic and for the 1350 BC Amarna letters. It is used for syllabic la, and also for alphabetic l, or a.

Epic of Gilgamesh use[edit]

In the Epic of Gilgamesh it used in the following numbers: la-(348), LA-(5) times.^[1]

Amarna letter usage[edit]

The Amarna letter usage of cuneiform la is common for the spelling of Akkadian language "lā", English language, "not", as it is composed of 'la-a'-(). It is also used infrequently for just 'la', for "not", (lā).

References[edit]

^ Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, p. 155, Sign La.

Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. 393 pages.(softcover, ISBN 0-8018-6715-0)
Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Parpola, Simo, Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, c 1997, Tablet I thru Tablet XII, Index of Names, Sign List, and Glossary-(pp. 119–145), 165 pages.

Syllabic "la" plus "a", for Akkadian "lā", "not"-()
(first 2-characters, line 4).

[1] Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, p. 155, Sign La.

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