Sumerogramn.
/ˈs(j)uːmərə(ʊ)ɡram/, U.S. /ˈsumərəˌɡræm/ A character or group of characters used in written Hittite, Akkadian, etc., as a substitute for the equivalent (usually longer) word in Sumerian.
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1944 Bull. Amer. Schools Oriental Res. No. 96. 29 I simply give the Sumerograms (so-called ideograms) without translating them into Babylonian.
1952 O. R. Gurney Hittites vi. 121 Hittite texts are liberally interspersed with purely Akkadian and Sumerian words, the latter usually written by single signs, the use of which as ‘ideograms’ (or better, ‘Sumerograms’) can often be recognized only by means of the context, for they may be the same signs that are normally used for mere syllables.
1983 Trans. Philol. Soc. 102 The increasing tendency to make use of Sumerograms and Akkadograms in place of syllabically written Hittite words.
2007 M. L. West Indo-European Poetry & Myth iv. 171 A Sumerogram denoting a Sun-god.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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