===== New or Contested Old Sumerian Sign Readings =====
The alternate readings here come from G. Marchesi and N. Marchetti’s //Royal Statuary of Early Dynastic Mesopotamia// (2011). Marchesi and Marchetti also note that “the so-called ‘amissable’ final consonants in Sumerian (that is, /d/, /g/, /k/, /ř/, held to be mute in word-final position), which include the phoneme /k/ of the genitive, were in fact pronounced in the Early Dynastic period (cf. Bauer 1989-90: 77. The loss of these consonants probably occurred in the Neo-Sumerian period.)” (2011: 238).
LAK numbers refer to the numbers provided in A. Deimel's //Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen// (= //WVDOG// 40 [1922]).
^ CDLI Reading ^ Alternate Readings ^ Sign Name ^ LAK Number ^
|abba2 |abax |ABxAŠ2 | |
|aga3 |aga3 |GIN2 |LAK 667|
|agrun |agrun |E2.NUN | |
| |akkilx |AB.KID | |
| |ALIMx.NITA |KIŠ.NITA | |
| |anzudx |MI | |
|adab |ařabx |UD.NUN | |
| |aš11 |AŠ-//tenû// | |
| |ašgix |HIxDIŠ | |
| |ašgix |ŠIR | |
|inanna |'aštar |MUŠ3 | |
|bahar2 |bahar2 |DUG.SILA3.BUR |LAK 742|
| |bilx |NExPAP | |
| |bu16 |NI | |
|dar |dax |DAR | |
|dingir |dimerx |AN | |
| |ellilx |EN.E2 | |
| |enx |GAL | |
| |ennegirx |ENxGI.KI | |
|iri |ere |URU | |
|iri |eri |URU | |
|esi |ešax |KAL | |
| |eštubx |KU6+GUD | |
|gidim |gadimx |GIDIM | |
| |galx |NUN | |
|dab/dib |gebx |DIB | |
| |gizuna |ŠID.NUNki | |
| |ĝešdurux |PA | |
|ur3/uru12 |ĝušurx |UR3 | |
|ḫad |ḫad |PA | |
|i3 |idx |NI | |
|inanna |(n)in'anakx |MUŠ3 | |
|inanna |in(n)inx |MUŠ3 | |
|iri |iri |URU | |
| |isḫarax |LAGABxSIG7 | |
| |isḫarax |LAGABxSIG7.SAHAR | |
|ensi2 |iššex |PA.TE.SI | |
|keš2 |kešerx |EZEN | |
|ukken |KIĜx |UNKEN | |
| |kullab(a)x |UNUG | |
|piriĝ |kušux |PIRIĜ |LAK 256|
|lam |labx |LAM | |
| |lagasx |NU11.BUR(.MUŠEN) | |
|lamma |lammarx |KAL | |
| |lugalx |GAL+LU | |
|nanše/nina |niĝenx |NANŠE/NINA | |
|ensi2 |niĝsi'akx |PA.TE.SI | |
|nita |nintaḫx |UŠ | |
|nisaba2 |nissabakx |NAĜA | |
| |pabilgax |ĜIŠ.NExPAP/"ĜIŠ".PAP.NE | |
|palil |palil |IGI.DU | |
| |pařx |ExPAP | |
|sa12 |sa12 |SAĜ | |
| |sigx |SAR | |
|šuba3 |subex |MUŠ3 / MUŠ3.ZA(7) / MUŠ3xZA(7)/ | |
| | |MUŠ3.ZA.ZA(7) / ZA.MUŠ3 / ZA.MUŠ2| |
| |sur3 |KAM | |
| |šarex |NI | |
| |šub5 |ZI:ZI.ŠE3 | |
|dub3/ṭa3 |ṭab6 |DUG3 |LAK 666/786|
|u6 |ugx |U6 | |
|umma |umma |ĜIŠ.KUŠU2 | |
|ur4 |urax |UR4 | |
|uru11 |urubx |URUxKAR2 | |
|udu |uřax |UDU | |
| |usan4 |SI/SU4 | |
|ušurx |ušurx |LAL2xLAGAB/LAL2xTUG2 | |
==== Bibliography ====
Bauer, J. (1989-90). "Altsumerische Wirtschaftsurkunden in Leningrad." //Archiv für Orientforschung,// 76-91.
Deimel, A. (1922). //Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen von Fara.// JC Hinrich.
Marchesi, G., & Marchetti, N. (2011). //Royal statuary of early dynastic Mesopotamia.// Eisenbrauns.