𒐍

𒐍 U+1240D, 𒐍 CUNEIFORM NUMERIC SIGN EIGHT DISH ← 𒐌 [U+1240C] Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation 𒐎 → [U+1240E]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

𒐍	Sign Number
MZL	864
Deimel	598d
HZL	374
Components
𒁹

References

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign	𒐍
Sumerograms	480, 8, USSU
Phonetic values	—

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒐍 (ussu, “eight”)

Logogram

𒐍 • (USSU)

1. Sumerogram of samānat (“eight”)

Sumerian

Sumerian numbers ^(edit)

←  7	8	9  →
Cardinal: 𒐍 (ussu)

Etymology

A derivation from 𒐊 (ia₂ /⁠ya⁠/, “five”) +‎ 𒐈 (eš₅ /⁠eš⁠/, “three”) has been proposed, but it is phonologically impossible. The etymology of this numeral remains unknown.

Alternative forms of /ussu/
𒐆 (ussu₂)

Numeral

𒐍 • (ussu)

1. eight, 8

References

• Jagersma, Bram (2010), A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian‎^[1] (doctoral thesis), page 243
• “𒐍 [ussu]”, in ePSD2 (overall work in English), University of Pennsylvania, 2017–present