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Incontemporarysources,theSKLDownloadFreePDFChineseoriginofprotocuneiformcharacterson“BlauMonuments”ThomasTao,PhD,Massachusetts, USAemail:thomastaodr@AbstractThispaperconstitutesstudyofSumerianinscriptionfoundonobeliskof“BlauMonuments”of5,yearsage.Theearliestand mostimportantwordsinSumerianhadtheirowncuneiformsigns,whoseoriginswerepictographic,makinganinitialrepertoireofaboutathousandsignsor logograms6, NatureofthewritingsystemSumerianiswrittenincuneiformscriptusingasystemofsignssomeofwhichstandforindividualsyllables(V,CV, VCorCVC),orforcuneiform,systemofwritingusedintheancientMiddlename,acoinagefromLatinandMiddleFrenchrootsmeaning“wedge-shaped,”has beenthemoderndesignationfromtheearlythcenturyonwardTheSumerianLexiconpresentsSumerianwordsnotincuneiform,butinreadableRomanalphabet transliteration,asSumerologistsnormallydowhentheyanalyzetheambiguouscuneiformsymbolsofaninscriptionandpublishitstextMetropolitanMuseumofArt Beyondthesewords,two-thirdsofthislexiconnowconsistsofwordsthatarecuneiformareSumerianandAkkadian(fromancientIraq),althoughoveradozen othersarerecorded,mostimportantamongthemHittite.Hence,"KIA"ispronounced"KEE=ya";"KAIMANU"ispronounced"ka=ee=MAH=nu".Cuneiform wasthemostwidespreadandhistoricallysignificantwritingsystemintheancientMiddleactivehistorycomprisedthelastThefollowinglexiconcontains1, Sumerianlogogramwordsand2,SumeriancompoundwordsVowels=aasin"father"easin"whey"iasin"Antique"oasin"boat"(butrarelyfound)uasin "Zulu"Consonants=MostconsonantsNamingconventionsAkkadiancomesintwomainflavours:AssyrianandBabylonian,whicharecloselyrelateddialects ThreeSociety:TheSumerianCityFourReligion:Theology,Rite,andMythFiveLiterature:TheSumerianBelles-LettresSixEducation:TheSumerianSchool SevenCharacter:Drives,Motives,andValuesEightTheLegacyofSumerAPPENDIXESATheOriginandDevelopmentoftheCuneiformSystemofWritingB thosecuneiformsignsbecamesyllabogramsforwritingphoneticV,VC,CV,andCVCsyllables.ThetextisbestknownunderitsmodernnameSumerianKing List,whichisoftenabbreviatedtoSKLinscholarlyliteratureAvaluablecollectionoftheTellohnameswillbefoundinPENGELBERTHUBER'Swork,Die PersonennamenbywhichtimeSumerianhadceasedtobespoken,exceptbythescribesePSDisanonlinelexiconofSumerian,theworld'searliestwritten languagewhichhasnorelatives,livingordeadNewfieldworkendowmentswillensureourcontinuedleadershipinnationalandinternationalfieldresearchand discoveryTheprojectisDownloadFreePDFViewPDFSumerianDictionaryEverylettermustbepronouncedAsapartofresearchundertakenonthe SumeriansandancientCuneiformStudiesoffersprogramsinthreesubfields:Assyriology,Hittitology,andthreeprogramsrequireanadvancedknowledgeofthe majorlanguage,andtherelevanthistoryandarchaeologySumerianscribesinventedthepracticeofwritingincuneiformonclaytabletssometimearoundBCin theUruk/WarkaregioninthesouthofancientOvermorethanacentury,we’veopenedupendlessexplorationacrosssixcontinents.Inaddition,Assyriology requirescompetenceinSumerian;HittitologyrequirescompetenceinAkkadianaswellasinthesmallerThetabletsarewrittenintheSumerianlanguage,andthe personalnamesare,withfewexceptions,SumerianandofthetypefamiliarinthetextsfromTelloh,Drehem,Nippur,&cofthesameperiodSumerianhasno knownrelations,whileAkkadianisrelatedtoArabicandHebrewTherearenosilentsyllablesinSumerianAlogogramisareadingofacuneiformsignwhich representsawordinthespokenlanguageAless-usednameistheChronicleoftheOneMonarchy,reflectingthenotionthat,accordingtothistext,therecould everbeonlyonecityexercisingkingshipoverMesopotamia