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Tab (cuneiform)

The cuneiform sign tap, or tab (also á¹­ab and TAB), is a common use sign in the Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is used syllabically for tab, tap, á¹­ap, or TAB, (TAB as parts of personal names, places, or common words, etc.), and alphabetically for "t" (or "á¹­"), or "a". (All the 4 vowels, a, e, i, o are interchangeable.)

Epic of Gilgamesh use

For the Epic of Gilgamesh, the following usage is found in Tablets I-XII: tab-(12 times); tap-(25); á¹­ap-(2); and TAB, (6 times).

References

  • Held, Schmalstieg, Gertz, 1987. Beginning Hittite. Warren H. Held, Jr, William R. Schmalstieg, Janet E. Gertz, c. 1987, Slavica Publishers, Inc. w/ Glossaries, Sign List, Indexes, etc., 218 pages.
  • Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. 393 pages.(softcover, )
  • Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Parpola, Simo, Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, c 1997, Tablet I thru Tablet XII, Index of Names, Sign List, and Glossary-(pp. 119–145), 165 pages.