Ri (cuneiform)

The ri (cuneiform) sign has the following uses in the Epic of Gilgamesh:[4] The specific usage numbers for the sign's meaning in the Epic is as follows: dal-(4), re-(56), ri-(372), tal-(70), ṭal-(2), RI-(1).

[5] In the Amarna letters, ri also has a special usage when coupled with the naming of the Pharaoh, as "LUGAL-Ri".

Lugal is the Sumerogram translated in the Akkadian language to 'King', Sarru.

Thus in the Amarna letters, Lugal is used as a stand-alone, but sometimes supplemented with Ri, and specifically used as Sumerogram SÀR (an equivalent Sumerogram to mean LUGAL) to be combined with RI to make sarru for king.

('The King', as an appellation is sometimes created by adding ma (cuneiform), suffix to the end of a name (Lugal-ma.)

Cuneiform sign for ri , re , dal , tal , ṭal , and as Sumerogram RI , (sign uses from the Epic of Gilgamesh ).
Amarna letter EA 365 -( Reverse ), Biridiya to Pharaoh, "Furnishing Corvée Workers" , [ 1 ] with usage of cuneiform re in the spelling of erēsu , [ 2 ] "to cultivate" ( te - er -ri-šu- na ), 3rd character, 6th line from top (line 365:20).
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