page_title: Mi (cuneiform)
hierarchical_section_title: Mi (cuneiform)
caption_attribution_description: ArtistUnknownDescription Ayyab Letters-EA364 (Front) showing: "7 and 7 times" formula(line 5) Terra Cotta Line 1--a-na, LUGAL-EN-ia Line 2--um-ma, A-iYA-aB-(Ayyab) Line 3--ARAD-ka, (Servant-yours), a-na-ku, ARAD-(I, (I am)- Servant, (doubling, for forcefulness), (then-(l.4), "at feet")) Line 4--GÌR-MEŠ , (Foot-(s)-Plural (feet)), EN-ia Line 5--7-šu-7, (7 and 7...times...) Line 7--LUGAL, (king) Line 11--LUGAL, (king) Line 12--a-na ia--ši, ("to me"=(iaši(Akkadian)), (ia--ši)) (from l.13,hand Tahmassi)) Line 13--qa-ti, (Hand...(of) A-tah-ma-ia (Tahmassi)) Current location Louvre Museum &#160;&#160;&#160; (Inventory)Native nameMusée du LouvreLocationParisCoordinates48°&#160;51′&#160;37″&#160;N, 2°&#160;20′&#160;15″&#160;E Established1793Web pagewww.louvre.frAuthority control : Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 0000 0001 2260 177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat Sully, Rez-de-chaussée, Levant, Salle D, Vitrine 4&#160;: L'âge du bronze récent 1550 - 1150 avant J.-C.Accession numberAO 7094 . Also known as EA 364Credit lineAcquired in 1918Referenceslouvre.frSource/PhotographerRama Ayyab Letters-EA364 (Front) showing: "7 and 7 times" formula(line 5) Terra Cotta Line 1--a-na, LUGAL-EN-ia Line 2--um-ma, A-iYA-aB-(Ayyab) Line 3--ARAD-ka, (Servant-yours), a-na-ku, ARAD-(I, (I am)- Servant, (doubling, for forcefulness), (then-(l.4), "at feet")) Line 4--GÌR-MEŠ , (Foot-(s)-Plural (feet)), EN-ia Line 5--7-šu-7, (7 and 7...times...) Line 7--LUGAL, (king) Line 11--LUGAL, (king) Line 12--a-na ia--ši, ("to me"=(iaši(Akkadian)), (ia--ši)) (from l.13,hand Tahmassi)) Line 13--qa-ti, (Hand...(of) A-tah-ma-ia (Tahmassi))
context_page_description: The cuneiform mi, sign is a distinctive sign in the wedge-stroke group, and is used as a syllabic for mi, me, and an alphabetic for m, i, or e; it is also a Sumerogram for MI, used for Akkadian language, "mūšu", night. MI, in the Epic of Gilgamesh, is used in Tablets I, II, III, and XII as either MI, or MI.MEŠ, a total of six times; other spellings of mūšu in other sections are alphabetic/syllabic, four times.
  The sign can be found in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the mid-14th century BC Amarna letters. The signs usage in the Epic is as follows: mé-, mi-, MI-.
context_section_description: The cuneiform mi, (also mé) sign is a distinctive sign in the wedge-stroke  group, and is used as a syllabic for mi, me, and an alphabetic for m, i, or e; it is also a Sumerogram (capital letter (majuscule)) for MI, used for Akkadian language, "mūšu", night. MI, in the Epic of Gilgamesh, is used in (Chapters) Tablets I, II, III, and XII as either MI, or MI.MEŠ, a total of six times; other spellings of mūšu in other sections are alphabetic/syllabic, four times.
  The sign can be found in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the mid-14th century BC Amarna letters. The signs usage in the Epic is as follows: mé-(1 time), mi-(126), MI-(9).
caption: Amarna letter EA 364-(Obverse), Ayyab to Pharaoh, "Justified War".[1] 
  Sign mi, 4th sign, line 10. 
  (high resolution, expandible photo)
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