Chinese and Sumerian / by C.J. Ball.

  • Charles James Ball
Date:
1913
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Credit: Chinese and Sumerian / by C.J. Ball. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX OF REFERENCES M. = Meissner, Bruno, Seltene assyrische Ideogramme. Leipzig. 1910. Mayers = The Chinese Reader s Manual, by W. F. Mayers. Shanghai. 1874. Met. = metaphor ; metaphorical; metaphorically. Mg. = Mongol; Mongolian. Morrison =A Dictionary of the Chinese Language in Three Parts, by Robert Morrison, D.D. Macao. 1815-1822. MA. or Muss-Arnolt. — A Concise Dictionary of the Assyrian Language, by W. Muss-Arnolt. 1905. NE. = The Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh-Nimrod. See Paul Haupt’s Babylonische Nimrodepos and P. Jensen’s text and version in his My then und Epen. Berlin. 1901. OS. or O.S. = Old sound (Chinese). P. = Phonetic (Chinese). See the lists of Callery and Edkins. Phon. = Phonetic ; Phonetically. Piet., pictogr. = pictogram. Postpos. = postposition. (Postpositions occur in both Sumerian and Chinese.) Pr. or Pref. = Prefix ; Suff. = Suffix. Yrmce = Materials for a Sumerian Lexicon, by J. D. Prince. Leipzig. 1905-1907. P SB A. = Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology. Qs. = quasi, as if. R. (in Sumerian column) = G. A. Reisner, Sumerische Hymnen, &c. R. or Rad. (in Chinese column) = Radical or Determinative Character. 1 R, 2 R, 4 R, 5 R = Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia. (Sir Henry Rawlinson; Edwin Norris; T. G. Pinches.) RTC. = Recueil de Tablettes ChaldSennes. Thureau Dangin, Sa, Sb, S° = Assyrian Syllabaries so designated. Sent. = Semitic. Syn., Synn. = Synonym, Synonyms. Sum. or Sn. = Sumerian T.A. — The Tell el-Amarna Tablets. Tg. or Targ. = Targu m. Trilit.=Triliteralized. TSBA.= Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archaeology. WW.=A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language ; by S. Wells-Williams, LL.D. Shanghai. 1874. ZA.=Zeitschriftfur Assyriologie. *** In specifying the sounds of the Chinese characters in the various dialects, as given by E. H. Parker, Douglas, Wells-Williams, &c., Am.=Amoy, C. = Cantonese, F. = Foochow, H. = Hakka, Sh. = Shanghai, and so on; while J., K., and A., indicate the sounds attached to the characters in Japan, Korea, and Annam, respectively. An asterisk * prefixed to a word in the Chinese column of the Lexicon denotes that the Chinese character shows traces of possible connexion with the linear form of that of the corresponding Sumerian word.
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