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sign qa, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the ''

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,'' and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts). It has a secondary sub-use in the Amarna letters for ka4. 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).

References

* Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. 393 pages.(softcover, ) * Parpola, 1971. ''The Standard Babylonian

'', Parpola, Simo,

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, c 1997, Tablet I thru Tablet XII, Index of Names, Sign List, and Glossary-(pp. 119–145), 165 pages. ---- Cuneiform signs