What 𒑛 means
It records two-thirds; its Sumerian reading is šanabi. The value is attested from Early Dynastic IIIb, an early period of Sumerian history. Older texts from Nippur, a Mesopotamian city, spell its syllables with sound signs; later scribes use numeric forms, sometimes adding an explanatory note.
In Mesopotamian weight records, it first stood for two-thirds of a mina, a weight unit; later, it served other measures and calculations. Sumerian šanabi derives from older Akkadian šinipu, a form from another Mesopotamian language. The series includes 𒑚 for one-third, 𒑜 for five-sixths, and 𒑞 as its curved counterpart.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𒑛 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𒑛
- Also called
- ŠANABI · šanabi · šanaba
- Search it as
- shanabi · sanabi · 2/3 · mina · cuneiform fraction · cuneiform 2/3 · Sumerian two thirds
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𒑛\1245BCodes and encoding1 code points
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