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Mu (cuneiform)

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Mu (cuneiform)
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The cuneiform sign mu, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts). It is also used as MU in which case it is a Sumerogram meaning "name," "year" or "life."[1]

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Cuneiform mu, and Sumerogram (capital letter majuscule, MU).
(digitized form mu, and other meanings)
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Amarna letter EA 15-(titled: "Assyria joins the International Scene").
A common Amarna letter that uses cuneiform mu.
(Last cuneiform sign, line 6.)

Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for m, or u, or syllabically for mu. The u is replaceable in word formation by any of the 4 vowels: a, e, i, or u.

One reason for the high usage of mu in the Amarna letters is for the word: "peace", or "be safe", Akkadian language šalāmu,[2] for "to be sound, whole, safe". It is used especially between the Great King letters.


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Epic of Gilgamesh usage

The mu sign usage in the Epic of Gilgamesh is as follows: mu-(266 times); MU-(87).[3]

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