Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The cuneiform sign LÚ, 100x24px, is the sign used for \"man\"; the opposite is the symbol for woman: šal, 100x24px. Cuneiform LÚ, (or lú as rendered in some texts) is found as a sumerogram in the Epic of Gilgamesh. It also has a common usage in the 1350 BC Amarna letters as the sumerogram for \"man\".In the Epic of Gilgamesh, LÚ is only used as the sumerogram, LÚ-(58 times).Both lú, for \"man\", and šal for \"woman\" are also considered as determinatives. In the Amarna letters' Rainey's glossary (Rainey 1970) which is the glossary for Akkadian language words, sumerograms, etc., for Amarna letters EA 359-379, uses for both LÚ and lú are recorded. For the Amarna letters in Rainey's glossary, \"LÚ\" as the sumerogram becomes Akkadian amēlu, for \"man\"."@en }
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- LÚ abstract "The cuneiform sign LÚ, 100x24px, is the sign used for \"man\"; the opposite is the symbol for woman: šal, 100x24px. Cuneiform LÚ, (or lú as rendered in some texts) is found as a sumerogram in the Epic of Gilgamesh. It also has a common usage in the 1350 BC Amarna letters as the sumerogram for \"man\".In the Epic of Gilgamesh, LÚ is only used as the sumerogram, LÚ-(58 times).Both lú, for \"man\", and šal for \"woman\" are also considered as determinatives. In the Amarna letters' Rainey's glossary (Rainey 1970) which is the glossary for Akkadian language words, sumerograms, etc., for Amarna letters EA 359-379, uses for both LÚ and lú are recorded. For the Amarna letters in Rainey's glossary, \"LÚ\" as the sumerogram becomes Akkadian amēlu, for \"man\".".