===== New or Contested Old Sumerian Sign Readings =====

The alternate readings here come from G. Marchesi and N. Marchetti’s //Royal Statuary of Early Dynastic Mesopotamia// (2011). Marchesi and Marchetti also note that “the so-called ‘amissable’ final consonants in Sumerian (that is, /d/, /g/, /k/, /ř/, held to be mute in word-final position), which include the phoneme /k/ of the genitive, were in fact pronounced in the Early Dynastic period (cf. Bauer 1989-90: 77. The loss of these consonants probably occurred in the Neo-Sumerian period.)” (2011: 238).

LAK numbers refer to the numbers provided in A. Deimel's //Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen// (= //WVDOG// 40 [1922]).

^ CDLI Reading ^ Alternate Readings ^ Sign Name ^ LAK Number ^
|abba<sub>2</sub>	|aba<sub>x</sub>	|ABxAŠ<sub>2</sub>	|	|
|aga<sub>3</sub>	|aga<sub>3</sub>	|GIN<sub>2</sub>	|LAK 667|
|agrun	|agrun	|E<sub>2</sub>.NUN	|	|
|	|akkil<sub>x</sub>	|AB.KID	|	|
|	|ALIM<sub>x</sub>.NITA	|KIŠ.NITA	|	|
|	|anzud<sub>x</sub>	|MI	|	|
|adab	|ařab<sub>x</sub>	|UD.NUN	|	|
|	|aš<sub>11</sub>	|AŠ-//tenû//	|	|
|	|ašgi<sub>x</sub>	|HIxDIŠ	|	|
|	|ašgi<sub>x</sub>	|ŠIR	|	|
|inanna	|'aštar	|MUŠ<sub>3</sub>	|	|
|bahar<sub>2</sub>	|bahar<sub>2</sub>	|DUG.SILA<sub>3</sub>.BUR	|LAK 742|
|	|bil<sub>x</sub>	|NExPAP	|	|
|	|bu<sub>16</sub>	|NI	|	|
|dar	|da<sub>x</sub>	|DAR	|	|
|dingir	|dimer<sub>x</sub>	|AN	|	|
|	|ellil<sub>x</sub>	|EN.E<sub>2</sub>	|	|
|	|en<sub>x</sub>	|GAL	|	|
|	|ennegir<sub>x</sub>	|ENxGI.KI	|	|
|iri	|ere	|URU	|	|
|iri	|eri	|URU	|	|
|esi	|eša<sub>x</sub>	|KAL	|	|
|	|eštub<sub>x</sub>	|KU<sub>6</sub>+GUD	|	|
|gidim	|gadim<sub>x</sub>	|GIDIM	|	|
|	|gal<sub>x</sub>	|NUN	|	|
|dab/dib	|geb<sub>x</sub>	|DIB	|	|
|	|gizuna	|ŠID.NUN<sub>ki</sub>	|	|
|	|ĝešduru<sub>x</sub>	|PA	|	|
|ur<sub>3</sub>/uru<sub>12</sub>	|ĝušur<sub>x</sub>	|UR<sub>3</sub>	|	|
|ḫad	|ḫad	|PA	|	|
|i<sub>3</sub>	|id<sub>x</sub>	|NI	|	|
|inanna	|(n)in'anak<sub>x</sub>	|MUŠ<sub>3</sub>	|	|
|inanna	|in(n)in<sub>x</sub>	|MUŠ<sub>3</sub>	|	|
|iri	|iri	|URU	|	|
|	|isḫara<sub>x</sub>	|LAGABxSIG<sub>7</sub>	|	|
|	|isḫara<sub>x</sub>	|LAGABxSIG<sub>7</sub>.SAHAR	|	|
|ensi<sub>2</sub>	|išše<sub>x</sub>	|PA.TE.SI	|	|
|keš<sub>2</sub>	|kešer<sub>x</sub>	|EZEN	|	|
|ukken	|KIĜ<sub>x</sub>	|UNKEN	|	|
|	|kullab(a)<sub>x</sub>	|UNUG	|	|
|piriĝ	|kušu<sub>x</sub>	|PIRIĜ	|LAK 256|
|lam	|lab<sub>x</sub>	|LAM	|	|
|	|lagas<sub>x</sub>	|NU<sub>11</sub>.BUR(.MUŠEN)	|	|
|lamma	|lammar<sub>x</sub>	|KAL	|	|
|	|lugal<sub>x</sub>	|GAL+LU	|	|
|nanše/nina	|niĝen<sub>x</sub>	|NANŠE/NINA	|	|
|ensi<sub>2</sub>	|niĝsi'ak<sub>x</sub>	|PA.TE.SI	|	|
|nita	|nintaḫ<sub>x</sub>	|UŠ	|	|
|nisaba<sub>2</sub>	|nissabak<sub>x</sub>	|NAĜA	|	|
|	|pabilga<sub>x</sub>	|ĜIŠ.NExPAP/"ĜIŠ".PAP.NE	|	|
|palil	|palil	|IGI.DU	|	|
|	|pař<sub>x</sub>	|ExPAP	|	|
|sa<sub>12</sub>	|sa<sub>12</sub>	|SAĜ	|	|
|	|sig<sub>x</sub>	|SAR	|	|
|šuba<sub>3</sub>	|sube<sub>x</sub>	|MUŠ<sub>3</sub> / MUŠ<sub>3</sub>.ZA(<sub>7</sub>) / MUŠ<sub>3</sub>xZA(<sub>7</sub>)/	|	|
| | |MUŠ<sub>3</sub>.ZA.ZA(<sub>7</sub>) / ZA.MUŠ<sub>3</sub> / ZA.MUŠ<sub>2</sub>| |
|	|sur<sub>3</sub>	|KAM	|	|
|	|šare<sub>x</sub>	|NI	|	|
|	|šub<sub>5</sub>	|ZI:ZI.ŠE<sub>3</sub>	|	|
|dub<sub>3</sub>/ṭa<sub>3</sub>	|ṭab<sub>6</sub>	|DUG<sub>3</sub>	|LAK 666/786|
|u<sub>6</sub>	|ug<sub>x</sub>	|U<sub>6</sub>	|	|
|umma	|umma	|ĜIŠ.KUŠU<sub>2</sub>	|	|
|ur<sub>4</sub>	|ura<sub>x</sub>	|UR<sub>4</sub>	|	|
|uru<sub>11</sub>	|urub<sub>x</sub>	|URUxKAR<sub>2</sub>	|	|
|udu	|uřa<sub>x</sub>	|UDU	|	|
|	|usan<sub>4</sub>	|SI/SU<sub>4</sub>	|	|
|ušur<sub>x</sub>	|ušur<sub>x</sub>	|LAL<sub>2</sub>xLAGAB/LAL<sub>2</sub>xTUG<sub>2</sub>	|	|



==== Bibliography ====

Bauer, J. (1989-90). "Altsumerische Wirtschaftsurkunden in Leningrad." //Archiv für Orientforschung,// 76-91.

Deimel, A. (1922). //Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen von Fara.// JC Hinrich.

Marchesi, G., & Marchetti, N. (2011). //Royal statuary of early dynastic Mesopotamia.// Eisenbrauns.