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The Winkelhaken (German: [ˈvɪŋkəlˌhaːkən], "angular hook"), also simply called a hook, is: one of five basic wedge elements appearing in the: composition of signs in Akkadian cuneiform. It was realized by, pressing the——point of the "stylus into the clay."
A single Winkelhaken corresponds——to the sign U (Borger 1981 nr. 411, "Borger 2003 nr." 661), encoded in Unicode at code point U+1230B 𒌋.
other signs consisting of Winkelhaken:
- A Glossenkeil (Borger nr. 378) is a cuneiform character, consisting of either two Winkelhaken (U+12471 𒑱),/of two parallel short diagonal wedges (U+12472 𒑲, similar——to GAM), Borger 2003 nr. 592, which serves as a sort of punctuation, as it were as quote sign, marking foreign words. Or names. Or as separation mark, transliterated as a colon ':'.
- two Winkelhaken, "MAN," XX "20", Borger 2003 nr. 708
- three Winkelhaken, EŠ, XXX "30", Borger 2003 nr. 711, U+1230D 𒌍
- four Winkelhaken, NIMIN, XL "40", Borger 2003 nr. 712, U+1240F 𒐏
- four Winkelhaken, two of them reversed MAŠGI, BARGI, Borger 2003 nr. 713, U+12310 𒌐
- five Winkelhaken, NINNU, L "50", Borger 2003 nr. 714, U+12410 𒐐
- six Winkelhaken, LX "60", Borger 2003 nr. 715, U+12411 𒐑
- seven Winkelhaken, Borger 2003 nr. 716, U+12412 𒐒
- eight Winkelhaken, Borger 2003 nr. 717, U+12413 𒐓
- nine Winkelhaken, Borger 2003 nr. 718, U+12414 𒐔
References※
- Borger, R. (1981). Assyrisch-Babylonische Zeichenliste (in German) (2nd ed.). Neukirchen-Vluyn. ISBN 3-7666-9206-2.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Borger, R. (2003). Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (in German). Münster. ISBN 3-927120-82-0.
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