Qa (cuneiform)
The cuneiform sign qa, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts). It has a secondary sub-use in the Amarna letters for ka4.[1]
Cuneiform qa.
(digitized form qa, and other meanings)
(digitized form qa, and other meanings)
Amarna letter EA 364-(titled: "Justified War").
A common Amarna letter that uses cuneiform qa.
A common Amarna letter that uses cuneiform qa.
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Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for q, a, or qa, and also a replacement for "q", by k, or g.
Epic of Gilgamesh usage
The qa sign usage in the Epic of Gilgamesh is as follows: qa-(109 times).[2]
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References
- CDLI: EA 34.
- Parpola, 197l. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, pp. 155-165, no. 062, p. 156.
- Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. 393 pages.(softcover, ISBN 0-8018-6715-0)
- Parpola, 197l. 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.
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