Lesson 1

Determinative preceding divine names (DNs). Transliterated by a superscript "d": d

Determinative following geographical names (GNs). Transliterated by a superscript "ki": ki

Nanna Nanna (DN, masc)

or

Nammu Nammu (DN, fern)

Ur-dNammu

Ur-Nammu (personal name [PN], masc)

Urim5 (Uri5)

Ur (GN)

nin

lady, mistress; "lord"

an

heaven

ur

man, warrior

lugal

king

or

house

to build

na

ni

ma

or

ke4

mu

Lesson 2

or

Inanna

(DN, fem)

or

Ki-en-gi

Sumer (GN)

or

or

or

Ki-uri

Akkad (GN)

or

nitah (nita)

man, male

or

kalag (kala)

to be mighty

ga

Lesson 3

or

or

bd

city wall, rampart, fortification

or

Lesson 4

Nin-gal

Ningal (DN, fem)

tl (ti)

to live

a ru

to dedicate a votive object

nam

la

or

Lesson 5

or

En-ll

Enlil (DN, masc)

En-erin2-nun

Enerinnun (canal name)

or

kur

mountain; highland; foreign land

d (i7)

river, canal

or

nidba

food offering

ba-al

to dredge, excavate

or

ra

or

ka

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or

Determinative preceding objects of wood. Transliterated by a superscript "gi".

An

An (DN, masc)

digir

god

kiri6

garden

barag (bara2)

dais

ki

place, earth

or

mah

to be splendid, magnificent

or

sikil

to be pure, clean

or

or

gub

to stand; to make stand, to plant

re

or

ne

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man

in

Lesson 8

or

-kur

Ekur (temple name [TN])

ki...aga2

to love

or

Lesson 9
Unug (Unu) Uruk (GN)

-temen-n-guru3

Etemenniguru (TN)

dumu

son

sag

head

en

lord

gi4

to return, to restore

bi, b

Lesson 10
ul-gi Shulgi (PN)

or

an-ub

corner (?)

or

da

side

limmu2

four

ba