What 𒈓 means
Its Sumerian readings cover conflict, war, contest, and dispute.
A reading for the compound is attested by the Ur III period, the earliest surviving evidence for that reading. This dates the evidence, not the sign’s invention or first physical form.
Other reading records span Old Babylonian material through Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Hellenistic records, depending on the word. Scholarly Sumerian transliterations include inbir and gigam (conflict, war), adamin (contest, dispute, debate), and urbigu₃ (combative).
Why does the sign’s name mention LU₂ twice?
It describes two parts joined in one sign, not a scene. Sign lists write its structure as LU₂@LU₂: the @ operator marks two LU₂ components opposing one another. It is a structural label, not an English sentence or description of an event.
Specialist and archival: use it for this cuneiform sign, not as a generic symbol for disagreement.
Its label describes opposed components; don’t read it as a literal picture of two people fighting.
Who writes 𒈓
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Don't confuse it with
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𒇽𒇽 Two separate LU₂ signs written side by side; this sequence is recorded for adamin, unlike the single opposing sign 𒈓.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Can 𒈓 look different in another font?
Yes. Cuneiform fonts can draw the same encoded sign in different historical styles; Unicode identifies the character while the font supplies its outline.
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How to type or find 𒈓
- Also called
- LU₂@LU₂ · LÚ.LÚ inversum · LU₂.LU₂ inversum
- Search it as
- inbir · adamin · gigam · urbigu · lu2 lu2 · lu2 inversum · cuneiform conflict · cuneiform contest
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𒈓\12213Codes and encoding1 code points
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