UMBIN = wheel
the scribes seem to have avoided attempting to make a circular shape instead emphasizing the axle and lynch pin-perhaps based on king fancy hub caps
technological breakthrough – the invention of the wheel.
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Wheeled vehicles appeared around the same time as the
potter’s wheel, the spinning horizontal board used for shaping
clay, but it seems that the two inventions arose independently.
The invention of wheeled vehicles made it easier to move bulky or heavy objects and also people.
#Gudea, the most famous member of the Lagaš II Dynasty, still remains a puzzling figure to scholars after some 130 years since Ernest de Sarzec’s discovery of his exis - tence.
duru5 with value 'to be wet' is written with signs ru+a
*see ru
ru=ri = cast/ place/to set in place/ imbue/ to lean on/ to impose/to throw down/ to release/ let go/ to walk along/to pour out/ to lead away
With the notable exception of the Egyptian tomb of Tutankhamen, no other archaeological discovery gives us a better understanding of ancient life and culture.
In fact, it would be difficult to visualize Sumerian history without the artifacts from the Tombs of Ur.
The artifacts from the #Royal_Tombs_of_Ur give us a complete picture of ancient Sumerian art and civilization.
#Sumerian_language#dumuzi
zah3/zah2: 'to disappear, to move away, etc'
here were have Axha (ha an be read ku6 = fish)
As you say, a fish disappeaing deeper into the water seems to fit the semantic range of the word values associated with the sign.
Kaunakes from Greek for"thick cloak"known as persis,was a woolen skirt or cloak which was worn during the #Sumerian_civilization was woven in a tufted pattern suggesting overlapping petals or feathers,either by sewing tufts onto the garment or by weaving loops into the fabric