Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen


Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen, abbreviated LAK, is a dictionary of Sumerian cuneiform signs of the Fara period, published in 1922 by German sumerologist and theologian P. Anton Deimel. The list enumerates 870 distinct cuneiform signs.
The sign inventory in the archaic period was considerably larger than the standard inventory of the later Akkadian or Neo-Sumerian periods. This means that numerous signs identified by their classical reading continue several distinct signs of the pre-classical period.
If it is necessary to identify the pre-classical sign intended, its LAK number is customarily given, in the form of LAK-1 to LAK-870.
Deimel also published a Sumerian dictionary in 1928.