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(Mercer 1918, 9, 36; Foxvog 2010, 9; Halloran 2006, 6, 32, 38,
53; UCS 1991-2008, 580; Doblhofer, Friedrich 2002, 158, Fig.
99; Everson 2004, 12).
The later variant of Sumerian pictograms , , and of
cuneiform sign is the Akkadian sign 13-NAa13/Th-
D12/1202D the transliterations of which are: an – sky; dingir,
ilum – god; ìl, sa 8 , ša 8 (Piška 2003, 1, 2, 4, 8, 9; 1998, 2; Viers
2000, 89), etc.
The evolution and variants of sign are shown below:
(Halloran 2006, 6); Sumerian [an·mul] – starry sky (Halloran 2006,
78); Sumerian [mul·an] – heavenly star (PSD); Sumerian
[aš·me] – 1. star symbol; 2. sun-disk ornament; 3. rosette; 4. sparkle,
glimmer (Halloran 2006, 79; comp. PSD).
Comp. Sumerian [ul 6 ] – to become bright, shine (PSD): Common-Kartvelian
* - [wel-]; Georgian [el·v·a]; Svan - [hel-]; Mingelian
[val·i], [val·u·a]; Laz [o·val·u] – lightning
(Fähnrich 1981; Fähnrich, Sarjveladze 2000, 198).
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