← Back to library
Mesopotamian Dingir
CulturalSeedmesopotamian
Construction note
A geometric impression of a cuneiform sign or Mesopotamian motif.
About this symbol
- Meaning
- DINGIR: the divine determinative (an eight-pointed star).
- Culture / origin
- Sumer / Babylonia / Assyria
- Era
- c. 3200 BCE – 1st century CE
- Historical context
- Cuneiform, the world's earliest writing, was pressed into clay with a reed stylus; its signs encode words, syllables and a base-60 number system.
Public-domain ancient script and iconography.
Tags
mesopotamiancuneiformsumerianancient
SVG source
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"><g fill="none" stroke="#5a4631" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M12 4 V20 M4 12 H20 M6.5 6.5 L17.5 17.5 M17.5 6.5 L6.5 17.5"></path></g></svg>