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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Tuesday February 19, 2008

Filed under: General — m759 @ 8:00 am
Sumerian
Cuneiform

Cuneiform An (Sky) and Dingir (God, Goddess)

An: sky, heaven
also
digir (dingir): god, goddess

“The sigil was an eight-limbed
 asterisk made of fine dark lines,,,,
An X superimposed on a plus sign.
It looked permanent.”

— Fritz Leiber,
“Damnation Morning,”
1959 short story
in Changewar

Leiber, Changewar, Ace edition, 1983

Ace edition, May 1, 1983

1 Comment

  1. It’s always fun to write like a Babylonian.

    Comment by BlueCollarGoddess — Tuesday, February 19, 2008 @ 10:15 am

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