Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen (German: [ˈlɪstə deːɐ̯ ʔaʁˈçaːɪʃn̩ ˈkaɪlʃʁɪftˌtsaɪçn̩]; "list of archaic cuneiform signs"), abbreviated LAK, is a dictionary of Sumerian cuneiform signs of the Fara period (Early Dynastic IIIa, c. 25th century BC short chronology, 26th century BC middle chronology),[2] published in 1922 by German sumerologist and theologian P. Anton Deimel (1865–1954). The list enumerates 870 distinct cuneiform signs.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/LAK-617.png/220px-LAK-617.png)
The sign inventory in the archaic period was considerably larger than the standard inventory of the later Akkadian (2350 to 2100) or Neo-Sumerian (Ur III) (21st century; all dates short chronology) periods. This means that numerous signs identified by their classical reading continue several distinct signs of the pre-classical period. If it is necessary to identify the pre-classical sign intended, its LAK number is customarily given, in the form of LAK-1 to LAK-870.
Deimel also published a Sumerian dictionary (Šumerisches Lexikon) in 1928.
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Proto-cuneiform tablet, Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3100–2900 BC.
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Proto-cuneiform tablet, Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3100–2900 BC. A dog on a leash is visible in the background of the lower panel.[3]
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The Blau Monuments combine proto-cuneiform characters and illustrations, 3100–2700 BC. British Museum.
References
edit- ^ possibly Nin-bad-la, see Yvonne Rosengarten, Le concept sumérien de consommation dans la vie économique et religieuse: étude linguistique et sociale d'après les textes présargoniques de Lagaš E. Boccard (1960), p. 176.
- ^ The dates given here are intended for consistency with other Wikipedia articles; they are not given by Deimel himself, who dates the Fara period in relative terms as preceding Urukagina (p. 4).
- ^ "Proto-cuneiform tablet". www.metmuseum.org.
- P. Anton Deimel, Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen von Fara, WVDOG 40, Leipzig (1922). pdf scan (etana.org)