SCRIPTA · Mesopotamian Clay Tablets

My Name in Cuneiform

Cuneiform is not an alphabet but a syllabary.
The earliest human script, carved on clay by the Sumerians around 3200 BCE.
Names are broken into consonant+vowel units — one sign per syllable.

Romanization: GILGAMESH · Syllables: gi-la-ga-me-ša

· Syllable by syllable ·

※ A scholarly transliteration based on the Neo-Assyrian syllabary. Consonant clusters insert an auxiliary vowel A, following Mesopotamian convention.

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