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Mesopotamian Sign Lugal (King)

Mesopotamian Sign Lugal (King)

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mesopotamian

Construction note

A geometric impression of a cuneiform sign or Mesopotamian motif.

About this symbol

Meaning
LUGAL: 'great man' / 'king'.
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

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