Cuneiform Sign Β· vowels
i
/ee (as in 'see')/
the vowel i
Level 1
Difficulty 1
About this sign
The third vowel in cuneiform. Used extensively as a phonetic sign in both Sumerian and Akkadian. One of the four core vowels every scribe learned first.
Example words
I.DIM (heavy)
I.LU (song
lament)
One of 44 cuneiform signs waiting to be explored in Massarrah.