Cuneiform Sign Sig

Read 𒋝 in context: it has several readings and senses. Its main Sumerian word value, sig, means “to be weak”; related senses include thin, low, narrow, late, small, lowland, south, and below. Other readings—put, beat, clear, and tie—belong to particular words, not a free-standing translation menu.

Written records of sig span Early Dynastic IIIa through Hellenistic periods. In late Uruk, cuneiform writing took shape for recording goods, labor, and redistribution. An Uruk III seal preserves an archaic SIG form in a festival designation for Inana, glossed “below” or “evening.”

What does it mean when someone sends 𒋝?

A lone 𒋝 names a sign, not a complete reading. In a modern message, treat it as a sign sample or a reference to cuneiform until the sender gives a text or intended reading. Ask which language or passage they mean before settling on “weak.”

Oracc’s sign list links A.SIG and KA×SIG to SIG: A.SIG writes separate signs in sequence, with 𒀀 as its A component; KA×SIG names a built-up sign. These are structural relationships in cuneiform, not alternate drawings of 𒋝.