Sumerogram
A Sumerian cuneiform symbol used as a logogram in another language, such as Akkadian or Hittite.
Noun
- A Sumerian cuneiform symbol used as a logogram in another language, such as Akkadian or Hittite.
- Several ancient Near Eastern texts made cross references so as to cause readers to apprehend more than one text or theme at a time. Sumerograms in Akkadian literature or biblical quotations in Qumran pesharim are clear...
- Often the context will be clear enough and leave little room for doubt, but in many cases the need was felt to make the function of the Sumerogram in a particular clause explicit. This was done by adding the Hittite...
Origin
From Sumero- + -gram.