Am (cuneiform)
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The cuneiform sign am, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts). It is also used as AM.
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(digitized form am, and other meanings)
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A common Amarna letter that uses cuneiform am.
(Next-to-last cuneiform sign, line 3.)
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Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for a, or m, or syllabically for am. The "a" is replaceable in word formation by any of the 4 vowels: a, e, i, or u.