MUNUS, 𒊩, or SAL is the capital-letter (

majuscule Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writi ...

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Sumerogram A Sumerogram is the use of a Sumerian cuneiform character or group of characters as an ideogram or logogram rather than a syllabogram in the graphic representation of a language other than Sumerian, such as Akkadian or Hittite. Sumerograms are no ...

for the

Akkadian language Akkadian (, Akkadian: )John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", ''The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages''. Ed. Roger D. Woodard (2004, Cambridge) Pages 218-280 is an extinct East Semitic language th ...

word "ṣuhārtu",Rainey, 1970 ''young woman'', or ''woman''. The word is commonly used in the Amarna letters diplomatic letters, as well as elsewhere, for example in the ''

Epic of Gilgamesh The ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' () is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia, and is regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins wit ...

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Epic of Gilgamesh

The cuneiform character for woman, or ''"young woman"'', has many alternative uses in the

; it is used for the following: ''mim'', (21 times); ''rag'', (2); ''rak'', (10); ''raq'', (1); ''sal'', (1); ''šal'', (25); ''MÍ'', (43 times).

Epic of Gilgamesh

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