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The cuneiform kur sign, (as Sumerogram, KUR), has many uses in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is routinely and commonly used to spell the Akkadian language word "mātu", for "land", "country"; also possiblly "region". In EA 288, a letter from the Abdi-Heba, the Governor of Jerusalem, the kur sign is used eight times. The alphabetic/syllabic uses and Sumerograms of the 'kur' sign from the Epic of Gilgamesh: gìnkurlatlațmadmatšadšatGÌN (Sumerogram)sKURMAD

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  • The cuneiform kur sign, (as Sumerogram, KUR), has many uses in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is routinely and commonly used to spell the Akkadian language word "mātu", for "land", "country"; also possiblly "region". In EA 288, a letter from the Abdi-Heba, the Governor of Jerusalem, the kur sign is used eight times. The alphabetic/syllabic uses and Sumerograms of the 'kur' sign from the Epic of Gilgamesh: gìnkurlatlațmadmatšadšatGÌN (Sumerogram)sKURMAD (en)
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  • The cuneiform kur sign, (as Sumerogram, KUR), has many uses in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is routinely and commonly used to spell the Akkadian language word "mātu", for "land", "country"; also possiblly "region". In EA 288, a letter from the Abdi-Heba, the Governor of Jerusalem, the kur sign is used eight times. The alphabetic/syllabic uses and Sumerograms of the 'kur' sign from the Epic of Gilgamesh: gìnkurlatlațmadmatšadšatGÌN (Sumerogram)sKURMAD Its usage numbers from the Epic of Gilgamesh are as follows: gìn-(1), kur-(5), lat-(18), laț-(1), mad-(2), mat-(52), šad-(6), šat-(13),PA-(11), pa-(209), GÌN-(10), KUR-(72), MAD-(5). In the Amarna letters, an example usage is from EA 288 (Reverse), l. 35, defeated LAND-(kur) . (en)
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