page_title: KÁ
hierarchical_section_title: KÁ
caption_attribution_description: Cuneiform sign
context_page_description: The cuneiform sign KÁ, for gate is the Sumerogram- used in the Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh; as just KÁ it means "gate" or "doorway", Akkadian language, "bābu"; as "Gate-Great", KÁ.GAL for City-Gate, it is from Akkadian "abullu". Both uses are in the Epic of Gilgamesh. In the Epic, it is only used as the sumerogram, a total of 19 times. In the Epic, all spellings for city gate use KÁ.GAL; for gate only one spelling uses the alphabetic letters for b-a-b-u; the rest use KÁ along with other added cuneiform signs.
context_section_description: The cuneiform sign KÁ, for gate is the Sumerogram-(logogram) used in the Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh; as just KÁ it means "gate" or "doorway", Akkadian language, "bābu"; as "Gate-Great", KÁ.GAL  for City-Gate, it is from Akkadian "abullu", ("(city) gate"). Both uses are in the Epic of Gilgamesh. In the Epic, it is only used as the sumerogram, a total of 19 times, (7 times for 'abullu', city gate). In the Epic, all spellings for city gate use KÁ.GAL; for gate ('bābu') only one spelling uses the alphabetic letters for b-a-b-u; the rest use KÁ along with other added cuneiform signs (KÁ-x-x, or KÁ-x, etc.).
caption: Cuneiform sign for KÁ, "gate".
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