Cuneiform Divination
Modern practice
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dingir.png)
Sign Romanization: Diĝir
Sign Meaning: god, deity, divine being, sky, star, above
![](http://gnostictempleofinanna.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/zu.png)
Sign Romanization: Zú
Sign Meaning: wisdom, knowledge, to know, to teach, experienced, qualified
![](http://gnostictempleofinanna.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/taltal.png)
Sign Romanization: Taltal
Sign Meaning: knowledge, experience, wisdom, understanding
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/arhus.png)
Sign Romanization: Arhuš
Sign Meaning: compassion, pity, to be sympathetic, womb,
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ne.png)
Sign Romanization: Nè
Sign Meaning: strength, vigor, violence, forces, host
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/la.png)
Sign Romanization: La
Sign Meaning: abundance, luxury, wealth, youthful freshness and beauty, bliss, happiness, wish, desire
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sud.png)
Sign Romanization: Sud
Sign Meaning: to make remote, far away, lasting, to stretch, to wag, to rejoice, feel delight, to sip, to sprinkle, to strew, to furnish, provide, to immerse, to sink, to drown, distant, remote, long
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ara.png)
Sign Romanization: Ára
Sign Meaning: praise, glory, to praise, glorify
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/us8.png)
Sign Romanization: Uš8
Sign Meaning: foundation place, base
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/uru.png)
Sign Romanization: Uru2
Sign Meaning: city, town, village, district
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/gud.png)
Sign Romanization: Gud
Sign Meaning: domestic ox, bull, to dance, to leap
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/e.png)
Sign Romanization: É
Sign Meaning: temple, house, household, plot of land
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/gis.png)
Sign Romanization: Ĝiš
Sign Meaning: animal assigned to the plow
![](http://gnostictempleofinanna.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ig.png)
Sign Romanization: Ig
Sign Meaning: door, entrance
![](http://gnostictempleofinanna.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ab.png)
Sign Romanization: Ab
Sign Meaning: window, opening, niche, nook
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kak.png)
Sign Romanization: Kak
Sign Meaning: peg, nail, spike, bone, hinge, joint, knee
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/gir2.png)
Sign Romanization: Ĝír2
Sign Meaning: lightning flash, knife, dagger, sword, thorn, scorpion, road, expedition, trip, to stab, to fulgurate, lighten, flash
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/gil.png)
Sign Romanization: Gil
Sign Meaning: to fence off, reed bundle, dancer, crown, to twist, to bend, bow, to cross, to cross plow, to mess up, tangled, opaque, to be corrupted, destroyed
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/mus.png)
Sign Romanization: Muš
Sign Meaning: snake, reptile, bitter
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/su.png)
Sign Romanization: Šu
Sign Meaning: hand, share, portion, bundle, strength, control, to pour
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sum.png)
Sign Romanization: Šúm
Sign Meaning: to give, lend
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/us.png)
Sign Romanization: Ús
Sign Meaning: to drive, to follow, to come near to, reach, to let reach, to transport, bring, to join, to be next to, border, to moor, dock, to lean against, side, edge, distance
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/a.png)
Sign Romanization: A
Sign Meaning: water, watercourse, canal, seminal fluid, offspring, father, tears, flood
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ku6.png)
Sign Romanization: Ku6
Sign Meaning: fish
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/gidri.png)
Sign Romanization: Ĝidri
Sign Meaning: stick, staff, scepter, stick used to measure the height of a pile of grain
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dim.png)
Sign Romanization: Dím
Sign Meaning: the evil eye
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/gig.png)
Sign Romanization: Ĝíg
Sign Meaning: closed mouth, night, black, dark
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ta.png)
Sign Romanization: Tà
Sign Meaning: to start a fire, to fish, to touch, handle, hold, to weave, to decorate, adorn, to strike, hit, push, hunt, catch
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/gu-1.png)
Sign Romanization: Gú
Sign Meaning: back of a man’s neck, load, burden, a talent in weight, tribute
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sag.png)
Sign Romanization: Saĝ
Sign Meaning: head, point, leader, present, gift, slave, human, individual, first, first-class, prime, in front
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Su11.png)
Sign Romanization: Su11
Sign Meaning: tooth, teeth, prong, thorn, blade, ivory, flint, chert, obsidian, natural glass
![](https://www.the-ekur.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ki.png)
Sign Romanization: Ki
Sign Meaning: earth, place, area, location, ground, grain, where, wherever, whenever, behind
Sources Cited
Halloran, John Alan. “Sumerian Lexicon: Version 3.0.” Sumerian Lexicon, Sumerian.org, 28 Aug. 2018, www.sumerian.org/sumerlex.htm.