When queen is the king
Wikileaks has a Sumerian ancestor
In Sumerian language is the encyclopaedia of Semites and Indo Europeans.
The name queen in Sumerian precedes the name king and its origin lies in the bedrock of Akkadian:
The journey starts with Hittite hassu-sara- : queen (id. MUNUS.LUGAL) and goes back to Sumerian:
ereš [LADY] (11x: ED IIIb, Ebla, Old Babylonian, unknown) wr. ereš "lady, queen; a quality designation" Akk. bēltu; šarratum
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ereš |
2 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.
1. lady, queen (11x/100%)
LEX/ED IIIb/Ebla [[ereš]] = SAL.TUG2 = u3-ru12-šum2 Ebla Sign List 30. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ereš dnin-urtaOB Nippur Lu 224. LEX/Old Babylonian/Sippar-Amnanum ereš MHET 1/2, 038 o i 4'. LEX/unknown/unknown erešCBS 01862 o ii 8'.
See: dubsar ereš; ĝanun ereš; šatam e ereš; ugula e ereš; umbisaĝ ereš.
2. a quality designation
Akk. bēltu "lady"; šarratum "queen".
Here the Sumerian labyrinth is in full swing because Sum. SAL.TUG2 = u3-ru12-šum2 is a phonetic representation of Akkadian šarratum
The Sumerian ideogram TUG2 always serves as the Semitic feminine particle -t-um
There are always two ways of reading Sumerian
1. as the ideogram phonetic value
2. as the new aded phonetic value
Hence SAL.TUG2 = u3-ru12-šum2 because this is the Akkadian phonetic reading, it suits Akkadian but also the older ideogram reading suits Akkadian because the ideogram
Sum. SAL = means woman but also can be read as Akkadian šarru = king.
Sum. SAL.TUG2 = šarru
The Sumerian ideogram TUG2 represents Akkadian masculine ending u-
The story does not end there either because Sumerian uses the fact that words can share the sane ideogram and as a result they are homonyms:
Sum.
lugal [KING] (24522x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian, uncertain, unknown) wr. lugal; lu2-gal "lord; master; owner; king; a quality designation" Akk. bēlu; šarru
See mu lugalak pad[swear].
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lugal |
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lu2-gal |
Sum.
saĝ [KING] wr. saĝ4 "king" Akk. šarru
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saĝ4 (sag4) |
UNgal [RULER] (69x: ED IIIb) wr. UN-gal "ruler" Akk. šarru; šarratu
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UN-gal |
We can see that all these Sumerian cognates: lugal / lu2-gal/ saĝ4 (sag4) / UN-gal / they all share the same ideogram gal or lu2
They are pictographic homonyms and they agree in meaning but not necessarily in phonetic reading, the reading depends on the scribe, on his will not on the language itself which makes Sumerian an artificial language.
Sum.
lugal = gal + lu2
saĝ4 = sag4 = gal + lu2
lu2-gal = lu2 + gal
But the last surprise is Sum. cognate:
taškarin [KING] wr. ĝeštaskarin "king"
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ĝeštaskarin |
And why is that because it is identical with the ideogram of Sum. SAL.TUG2 of Sumerian [[ereš]] = SAL.TUG2 = u3-ru12-šum2
whose last phonetic representation is a Semitic trilateral word written in 3000 BC!!!!!
We can see the entire section of the Sumerian labyrinth at this very moment. All the lights are on and we can move freely through the corridors that smell of Semitic perfumes. A woman, a queen has shown us the way to safety. The name for king derived form the name woman in alleged Sumerian language which is in fact an artificial creation of Akkadian scribes. This creation is one of those magic moments when scribes reveal parts of the code to future generations to test their wisdom. It is also an action of a rogue scribe who wanted to tell the truth, a whistle blower, a Wikileaks brave individual who had the courage to challenge his own imperial authority and reveal the fraud to the world.