Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation

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For a list of all numerals encoded in Unicode, see Numerals in Unicode.

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In Unicode, the Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform script is covered in three blocks in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP):

The sample glyphs in the chart file published by the Unicode Consortium[1] show the characters in their Classical Sumerian form (Early Dynastic period, mid 3rd millennium BCE). The characters as written during the 2nd and 1st millennia BCE, the era during which the vast majority of cuneiform texts were written, are considered font variants of the same characters.

Organization

The final proposal for Unicode encoding of the script was submitted by two cuneiform scholars working with an experienced Unicode proposal writer in June 2004.[2] The base character inventory is derived from the list of Ur III signs compiled by the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative of UCLA based on the inventories of Miguel Civil, Rykle Borger (2003), and Robert Englund. Rather than opting for a direct ordering by glyph shape and complexity, according to the numbering of an existing catalogue, the Unicode order of glyphs was based on the Latin alphabetic order of their 'main' Sumerian transliteration as a practical approximation.

Block

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Signs

See also list of cuneiform signs.

The following table allows matching of Borger's 1981 and 2003 numbering with Unicode characters [3] The "primary" transliteration column has the glyphs' Sumerian values as given by the official glyph name, slightly modified here for legibility by including traditional assyriological symbols such as "x" rather than "TIMES". The exact Unicode names can be unambiguously recovered by prefixing, "CUNEIFORM [NUMERIC] SIGN", replacing "TIMES" for "x", "PLUS" for "+" and "OVER" for "/", "ASTERISK" for "*", "H" for "Ḫ", "SH" for "Š", and switching to uppercase.

Sign Code point Name Borger
(2003)		 Borger
(1981)		 Comments
Template:Cuneiform U+12038 one AŠ 001   1, from general Cuneiform_(Unicode_block) not this block
Template:Cuneiform U+12400 two AŠ 002 2 2, = U+1212C
Template:Cuneiform U+12401 three AŠ 004 3, EŠ6
Template:Cuneiform U+12402 four AŠ 215 124,42 4, LIMMU2, LIMM2, TAB.TAB
Template:Cuneiform U+12403 five AŠ 216 5, IA7, TAB.TAB.AŠ
Template:Cuneiform U+12404 six AŠ 217 6, AŠ4, TAB.TAB.TAB
Template:Cuneiform U+12405 seven AŠ 218 7, IMIN2, TAB.TAB.TAB.AŠ
Template:Cuneiform U+12406 eight AŠ 219 8, USSU2, TAB.TAB.TAB.TAB
Template:Cuneiform U+12407 nine AŠ 220 9, ILIMMU2, TAB.TAB.TAB.TAB.AŠ
Template:Cuneiform U+12408 three DIŠ 834 593 3, 180, EŠ5
Template:Cuneiform U+12409 four DIŠ 851; 852; 853 316 4, 240, ZA, LIMMU5, NIGIDALIMMU, = U+1235D
Template:Cuneiform U+1240A five DIŠ 861 598a 5, 300, IA2
Template:Cuneiform U+1240B six DIŠ 862 598b 6, 360, AŠ3
Template:Cuneiform U+1240C seven DIŠ 863 598c 7, 420
Template:Cuneiform U+1240D eight DIŠ 864 598d 8, 480
Template:Cuneiform U+1240E nine DIŠ 9, 540
Template:Cuneiform U+1240F four U 713 474 40, NIMIN
Template:Cuneiform U+12410 five U 714 475 50, NINNU
Template:Cuneiform U+12411 six U 715 476 60
Template:Cuneiform U+12412 seven U 716 477 70
Template:Cuneiform U+12413 eight U 717 478 80
Template:Cuneiform U+12414 nine U 718 479 90
Template:Cuneiform U+12415 one GEŠ2
Template:Cuneiform U+12416 two GEŠ2
Template:Cuneiform U+12417 three GEŠ2
Template:Cuneiform U+12418 four GEŠ2
Template:Cuneiform U+12419 five GEŠ2
Template:Cuneiform U+1241A six GEŠ2
Template:Cuneiform U+1241B seven GEŠ2
Template:Cuneiform U+1241C eight GEŠ2
Template:Cuneiform U+1241D nine GEŠ2
Template:Cuneiform U+1241E one GEŠU 824 534 GEŠ2.U; 600 or 70
Template:Cuneiform U+1241F two GEŠU 1200 or 80
Template:Cuneiform U+12420 three GEŠU 1800 or 90
Template:Cuneiform U+12421 four GEŠU 2400 or 100
Template:Cuneiform U+12422 five GEŠU 3000 or 110
Template:Cuneiform U+12423 two ŠAR2
Template:Cuneiform U+12424 three ŠAR2
Template:Cuneiform U+12425 three ŠAR2 variant form
Template:Cuneiform U+12426 four ŠAR2
Template:Cuneiform U+12427 five ŠAR2
Template:Cuneiform U+12428 six ŠAR2
Template:Cuneiform U+12429 seven ŠAR2
Template:Cuneiform U+1242A eight ŠAR2
Template:Cuneiform U+1242B nine ŠAR2
Template:Cuneiform U+1242C one ŠARU 653 409 36,000
Template:Cuneiform U+1242D two ŠARU 72,000
Template:Cuneiform U+1242E three ŠARU 108,000
Template:Cuneiform U+1242F three ŠARU variant form 108,000
Template:Cuneiform U+12430 four ŠARU 144,000
Template:Cuneiform U+12431 five ŠARU 180,000
Template:Cuneiform U+12432 ŠAR2 x GAL.DIŠ 651 408 216,000
Template:Cuneiform U+12433 ŠAR2 x GAL.MIN 652 408 432,000
Template:Cuneiform U+12434 one BURU 662 350,8 U gunû
Template:Cuneiform U+12435 two BURU
Template:Cuneiform U+12436 three BURU
Template:Cuneiform U+12437 three BURU variant form
Template:Cuneiform U+12438 four BURU
Template:Cuneiform U+12439 five BURU
Template:Cuneiform U+1243A EŠ16 505 3, = U+1203C
Template:Cuneiform U+1243B EŠ21 210 3
Template:Cuneiform U+1243C LIMMU 859; 860 4, NIG2, GAR, NINDA
Template:Cuneiform U+1243D LIMMU4 506 4
Template:Cuneiform U+1243E
Template:Cuneiform U+1243F
Template:Cuneiform U+12440 AŠ9 536 6, EŠ16.EŠ16
Template:Cuneiform U+12441 IMIN3 537 7, UMUN9
Template:Cuneiform U+12442 IMIN 863 7
Template:Cuneiform U+12443 IMIN variant form 866 7
Template:Cuneiform U+12444 USSU 867 8
Template:Cuneiform U+12445 USSU3 538 8
Template:Cuneiform U+12446 ILIMMU 868 9
Template:Cuneiform U+12447 ILIMMU3 539 9, EŠ16.EŠ16.EŠ16
Template:Cuneiform U+12448 ILIMMU4 577 9
Template:Cuneiform U+12449 DIŠ / DIŠ / DIŠ 865v 9
Template:Cuneiform U+1244A two AŠ tenû 593
Template:Cuneiform U+1244B three AŠ tenû 629
Template:Cuneiform U+1244C four AŠ tenû 854 379; 380 ZA tenû, ERIM tenû
Template:Cuneiform U+1244D five AŠ tenû
Template:Cuneiform U+1244E six AŠ tenû
Template:Cuneiform U+1244F one BAN2 122 = U+12047
Template:Cuneiform U+12450 two BAN2
Template:Cuneiform U+12451 three BAN2
Template:Cuneiform U+12452 four BAN2
Template:Cuneiform U+12453 four BAN2 variant form
Template:Cuneiform U+12454 five BAN2
Template:Cuneiform U+12455 five BAN2 variant form
Template:Cuneiform U+12456 NIGIDAMIN 847, 848
Template:Cuneiform U+12457 NIGIDAEŠ 850
Template:Cuneiform U+12458 one EŠE3 = U+12041, U+12300
Template:Cuneiform U+12459 two EŠE3 = U+12049
Template:Cuneiform U+1245A one third 826 571 ŠUŠANA
Template:Cuneiform U+1245B two thirds 832 572
Template:Cuneiform U+1245C five sixths 838 573 KINGUSILA
Template:Cuneiform U+1245D one third variant form
Template:Cuneiform U+1245E two thirds variant form
Template:Cuneiform U+1245F one eighth
Template:Cuneiform U+12460 one quarter
Template:Cuneiform U+12461 Old Assyrian one sixth 630 Kültepe only
Template:Cuneiform U+12462 Old Assyrian one quarter
Template:Cuneiform U+12470 Old Assyrian word divider
Template:Cuneiform U+12471 vertical colon 592 Glossenkeil
Template:Cuneiform U+12472 diagonal colon 592 Glossenkeil
Template:Cuneiform U+12473 diagonal tricolon


History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block:

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Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
5.0 U+12400..12462, 12470..12473 103 L2/00-128 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/00-153 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-04-26), Further comments on historic scripts
L2/00-398 Snyder, Dean (2000-11-07), Cuneiform: From Clay Tablet to Computer
L2/00-419 N2297 Everson, Michael (2000-11-20), Legacy cuneiform font implementations and the ICE project
L2/03-162 N2585 Everson, Michael; Feuerherm, Karljürgen (2003-05-25), Basic principles for the encoding of Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform
L2/03-415 Snyder, Dean (2003-11-01), Proposal to Encode the Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform Script in the UCS
L2/03-393R N2664R Everson, Michael; Feuerherm, Karljürgen; Tinney, Steve (2003-11-03), Preliminary proposal to encode Cuneiform script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/03-416 Anderson, Lloyd (2003-11-03), The Cuneiform Encoding Proposal -- a View of its Current Status
L2/04-080 Tinney, Steve (2004-01-24), Rationale for changes to N2664R
L2/04-036 N2698 Everson, Michael; Feuerherm, Karljürgen; Tinney, Steve (2004-01-29), Revised proposal to encode Cuneiform script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/04-041 Anderson, Lloyd (2004-01-29), Fitting Cuneiform Encoding to Cuneiform Script
L2/04-059 Feuerherm, Karljürgen (2004-01-30), Short Response to L2/04-041 "Fitting Cuneiform Encoding to Cuneiform Script"
L2/04-063 Gewecke, Tom (2004-01-30), Re: Cuneiform at UTC
L2/04-056 Veldhuis, Niek (2004-01-31), Letter re "Cuneiform Unicode"
L2/04-057 Jones, Charles E. (2004-02-01), Letter re "Cuneiform"
L2/04-058 Michalowski, Piotr (2004-02-01), Letter re "cuneiform unicode"
L2/04-064 Cooper, Jerry (2004-02-01), Letter re "unicode proposal"
L2/04-066 Durusau, Patrick (2004-02-02), Letter re "Proposal N2698"
L2/04-081 Black, Jeremy (2004-02-02), Letter re "cuneiform Unicode proposal"
L2/04-086 Anderson, Lloyd (2004-02-03), Notes for verbal presentation to UTC meeting, 3 February 2004
L2/04-099 Anderson, Lloyd (2004-02-09), Unification of cuneiform numbers
L2/04-225 Anderson, Lloyd (2004-06-07), Proposed modifications to introductory text of N2798 = L204-189 Proposal for Cuneiform Encoding
L2/04-189 N2786 Everson, Michael; Feuerherm, Karljürgen; Tinney, Steve (2004-06-08), Final proposal to encode Cuneiform script
L2/04-223R Anderson, Lloyd (2004-06-11), Proposed modifications to delete and add signs to N2798 = L204-189 Proposal for Cuneiform Encoding
L2/04-354 McGowan, Rick (2004-09-20), Cuneiform Properties
L2/05-135 Tinney, Steve (2005-05-10), Corrections to N2786
L2/05-174 Everson, Michael (2005-07-28), Irish comments on Cuneiform
L2/05-108R Moore, Lisa (2005-08-26), "Cuneiform (C.17)", UTC #103 Minutes
N2953 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "M47.12", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
L2/12-112 Moore, Lisa (2012-05-17), "Consensus 131-C30", UTC #131 / L2 #228 Minutes, Change the numeric values for 1240F..12414 to 40..90, for Unicode 6.2.
L2/12-240 Davis, Mark (2012-07-20), Property Issues for U6.2
L2/12-239 Moore, Lisa (2012-08-14), "Consensus 132-C19", UTC #132 Minutes, Give U+12432 and U+12433 the numeric type "numeric" and the numeric values 216,000, and 432,000 respectively. Make U+12456 and 12457 have the numeric type "numeric" and value "-1".
L2/12-328 Anderson, Deborah (2012-10-16), Numeric value fixes for two cuneiform characters
L2/12-343R2 Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C30", UTC #133 Minutes, Change the numeric value of U+12456 to 2 and U+12457 to 3, for Unicode 6.3.
7.0 U+12463..1246E, 12474 13 L2/12-002 N4178R Everson, Michael; Tinney, Steve (2012-01-16), Proposal for additions and corrections to Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform
L2/12-207R N4277R Everson, Michael; Tinney, Steve (2012-07-31), Proposal for additions and corrections to Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform
L2/12-239 Moore, Lisa (2012-08-14), "C.3", UTC #132 Minutes
  1. ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cuneiform Unicode.org chart (PDF)
  2. ↑ Unicode cuneiform
  3. ↑ (after Anderson's sign list Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine)

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