Proposal: Ugaritic Entity Set

Version: 0.45 Date: 1997-05-12

Creator: Anders Berglund

The entity comments are provisional; reference information has been included to assist in identifying variants. Which glyph is the primary form and which are variants is in many cases debatable.
Typical glyph entity name entity description
aglotcu letter a with glottal stop (S1)
bcu letter b (S4)
bvcu letter b RAC variant found in at least 5 RAC texts
gcu letter g (S5)
hhardcu letter hard h (S12)
hhardvcu letter hard h 4-wedge variant (S5 = G-h_1)
dcu letter d (S6)
dvcu letter d 8-wedge variant (S1 = G-d1)
dv2cu letter d 7-wedge variant (G-d2)
dv3cu letter d 7-wedge variant (G-d3)
dv4cu letter d 5-wedge variant (G-d4)
dv5cu letter d RAC variant found in at least 5 RAC texts
hcu letter h (S8)
hvcu letter h 4-wedge variant (S4 = G-h1)
hv2cu letter h 5-wedge variant (G-h2)
hv3cu letter h 2-wedge variant (G-h3)
wcu letter w (S9)
zcu letter z (S10)
hemphcu letter emphasized h (S11)
temphcu letter emphasized t (S13)
ycu letter y (S15)
yvcu letter y 8-wedge variant (G-y)
kcu letter k (S16)
sharcu letter hard s (Walker)
sharvcu letter hard s (variant) (S28a)
sharv2cu letter hard s (variant 2) (S28)
sharv3cu letter hard s variant (G-SH3)
sharv4cu letter hard s variant (G-SH4)
sharv5cu letter hard s variant (G-SH5)
lcu letter l (S17)
lvcu letter l 4-wedge variant (S7 = G-l)
mcu letter m (S18)
mvcu letter m RAC variant with 2 wedges, found in 4 RAtexts
mv2cu letter m RAC variant with 3 wedges, found in 2x RAtexts (BS, Ta)
dretcu letter retroflex d (S7a)
dretvcu letter retroflex d (variant) (S7)
dretv2cu letter retroflex d (variant 2) S7b)
dretv3cu letter retroflex d variant (G-d_3)
dretv4cu letter retroflex d variant (G-d_4)
ncu letter n (S19)
nvcu letter n 4-wedge variant (S8 = G-n)
zemphcu letter emphasized z (S14)
zemphvcu letter emphasized z (variant) (S14a)
scu letter s (S20)
svcu letter s (variant) (S20a)
guttcu letter guttural stop (S22)
pcu letter p (S24)
semphcu letter emphasized s (S25)
qcu letter q (S26)
rcu letter r (S27)
rvcu letter r 7-wedge variant (S14 = G-r1)
rv2cu letter r 6-wedge variant (G-r2)
rv3cu letter r 6-wedge variant (G-r3)
rv4cu letter r 5-wedge variant (G-r4)
tretrcu letter retroflex t (S30)
tretvcu letter retroflex t (variant) (U18, Unicode)
tretv2cu letter retroflex t variant (G-TH2)
tretv3cu letter retroflex t variant (G-TH3)
tretv4cu letter retroflex t variant (G-TH4)
gpalcu letter palatal g (S23a)
gpalvcu letter palatal g (variant) (S23)
gpalv2cu letter palatal g (variant 2) (S23b)
gpalv3cu letter palatal g (variant 3) (S23c)
gpalv4cu letter palatal g variant G3
gpalv5cu letter palatal g variant G5
gpalv6cu letter palatal g variant G-q
tcu letter t (S29)
iglotcu letter i with glottal stop (S2)
iglovcu letter i with glottal stop 5-wedge variant G-i1
iglov2cu letter i with glottal stop 5-wedge variant G-i2
uglotcu letter u with glottal stop (S3)
uglotvcu letter u with glottal stop 5-wedge variant G-u
sgravecu letter grave s (S21)
sgravvcu letter grave s (variant) (Unicode)
sgrav2cu letter grave s (variant 2) (S21a)
sgrav3cu letter grave circle-wedge (used in the RAC textsfor THA or SHIN/THA)
sgrav3cu letter grave G-2205-5 Gordon page 16, distinct red.cuneiforalphabet sign
worddcu word divider
nd1cu ONE sign (administrative texts; see Gordon page 42)
nd2cu TWO sign (administrative texts)
nd3cu THREE sign (administrative texts; see Gordon pag42)
nt10cu TEN sign (administrative texts; see Gordon page 42)


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