Sumerian language was created as our forefathers were trying to establish a legitimate

calendar.
Have you ever asked the question what the clouds are, why they float above in the sky, why
they carry water. You think you havent but your parents might remind you that when you
were a kid you used to ask a lot of silly questions. The same nave questions did the primitive
man ask to his god, the sun.
Ziusudra !also Zi-ud-su-ra and Zin-Suddu" Helleni#ed Xisuthros$ %found long life% or %life of long
days%& of Shuruppak is listed in the '()*+Sumerian king list recension as the last king of Sumer prior to
the deluge. He is subsequently recorded as the hero of the Sumerian flood epic. He is also mentioned in
other ancient literature, including The Death of Gilgamesh and The Poem of Early Rulers, and a late
version of The Instructions of Shuruppak refers to ,iusudra. -kkadian Atrahasis !%e.tremely wise%&
and Utnapishtim !%he found life%&, as well as biblical Noah !%rest%& are similar heroes of flood legends of
the ancient /ear 0ast.
-lthough each version of the flood myth has distinctive story elements, there are numerous story elements
that are common to two, three, or four versions. The earliest version of the flood myth is preserved
fragmentarily in the Eridu Genesis, written in Sumerian cuneiform and dating to the 12th century (3,
during the 1st 4ynasty of (abylon when the language of writing and administration was still Sumerian.
Strong parallels are notable with other /ear 0astern flood legends, such as the biblical account of /oah.
Ziusudra = zi-ud-su
3
-ra
2
ZI
se
2
!see full listing&
si
2
!see full listing&
ze
!see full listing&
zi (zig
3
zid)
#i 53H6789.
#i 53:T9.
#i 5;6<09.
#ir 5(70-=9.
zid
#id 576>HT9.
zig
3
#ig 576S09.
-kkadian workshop
Also: ?e
+
, ?i
+
.
UD
a
12
!see full listing&
ah
3
ah 547Y9.
uh 5@8-ST09.
babbar (babar par bar
6
para bara
x
(UD))
babbar 5'H6T09.
bir
2
birig 53A/T7-3T9.
dag
2
dadag 5(76>HT9.
had
2
(hada
2
hud
2
a
12
)
had 5(76>HT9.
ha
3
haB 540(T)S;-C07Y9.
haB 5SA<T9.
kum
4
kum 5HAT9.
la
7
lah 5(0-T9.
pirig
2
pirig 5(76>HT9.
piri
2
piriD 5;6A/9.
ra
3
ra 58:709.
siki
2
siki 5@(70-49.
arag
Barag 547Y9.
tam (dam
2
)
tam 53;0-/9.
tam 5T7:ST9.
tu
2
!see full listing&
u
4
(ud)
u 5(0;;A'9.
u 58:7S;-/09.
ud
ud 5(6749 !ud
muen
&.
ud 56<9.
ud 5STA7E9.
ud 5S:/9.
ud 5'H0/9.
ul
6
ul 5(76>HT9.
ut
!see full listing&
utu
!see full listing&
zalag
#alag 5SH6/09.
-kkadian workshop
Also: mFwG?it, ?Htu, al
I
, amna, ara
2
, aya
.
!:4&, bab
+
, ber
+
, beB
1+
, da
2
, e
J
, gal
J
, ha
I
,
heB, lah, lih, luh
.
!:4&, peB
1+
, pir, sa
1*
, salah, BamaB, ta
I
, Kam
+
, ug
L
, um
+
, un
I
, uta, uK,
#ala
.
!:4&, #alaga, #alah, #alaqa
.
!:4&.
SUD
sir
!see full listing&
su
3
(zu
6
uz)
su 5S6/=9.
su 5S876/=;09.
sud (ud ut)
sud 546ST-/T9.
sug
4
sug 50E8TY9.
sug 5@>7-6/9.
-kkadian workshop
Also: sar
L
, si
.
!S:4&, Mu
N
, Bir
J
, Bu
.
!S:4&, BuK, #ir
L
.
DU
de
6
(di
6
)
de 5(76/>9.
du (tu
3
)
du 5>A9.
dug 5(6749 !du
muen
&.
gin
gin 50ST-(;6SH9.
kin 5S63=;09.
gir
7
gir 57://079.
gub (gubu guba kub gup kup)
gub 5ST-/49.
gub 5@SH0089.
en (gen gin kin
7
gina
x
(DU))
Den 5>A9.
in
!see full listing&
kur
x
(DU)
kur 50/T079.
lah
6
!see full listing&
ra
2
ra 53CC09.
re
6
ere 5>A9.
ri
6
!see full listing&
a
4
Ba 53CC09.
tu
3
!see full listing&
tum
2
(tumu
2
tuma
2
)
tum 5(76/>9.
tum 5S:6T-(;09.
tum 5:/E/>9.
-kkadian workshop
Also: aragub, dul
.
!4:&, er
1O
, ge
1N
, gim
*
, Dim
*
, im
*
, kaB
I
, kim
*
, ku
.
!4:&, men
N
,
mi
.
!4:&, na
.
!4:&, qub, qup, Be
1N
, Ku
N
.
zi-ud-su
3
-ra na e
3
-mu-ni-in-de
5
ZI-UD-SUD-RA NA E2-MU-NI-IN-RI
zi-ud-su3-ra2 na de5
Zi-ud-sura (RN) advice ! c!""ec
Ziusudra P Zi-ud-su-ra P Zin-Suddu
;et us pay attention to the ideogram$
SUD
-kkadian workshop
Also: sar
L
, si
.
!S:4&, Mu
N
, Bir
J
, Bu
.
!S:4&, BuK, #ir
L
.
6t is obvious that the phonetic values sar
L
, si, Mu
N
, Bir
J
, Bu, BuK, #ir
L
are derivatives of the god
ZI-UD-SUD-RA# These words have never e.isted, they are pure inventions of the scribe. -ll these phonetic values are abbreviations of the
name Zi-ud-su-ra.
SudF Sudr 546ST-/T9 !LJJ.$ 04 666a, 04 666b, Ald -kkadian, ;agash 66, :r 666, Ald
(abylonian& wr. sud" su3-ud %!to be& distant" !to be& remote, long)lasting" !to be&
profound% -kk. nes" rqu

$%&
sud
$2&
su
N
)ud
'
)O !+J+.FIJQ&" )ra
+
!1LJ.FNOQ&" )da !NO.F*Q&" )
de
N
!+O.FLQ&" )re
*
!L.F1Q&" )ra !N.F1Q&")ru !1.FOQ&.
121 distinct forms attested" click to view forms table.
1. (to be) distant (488!1""#)
@ ;0RFAld (abylonianF/ippur ni2-lu2-ur14 su3-ud /igga 1LN. 0;-FAld -kkadianF/ippur1(a@c) bur an-sud [...] AS8 +, OI1
*. 0;-F:r 666F:mma ki-su7 u-la a-a3-la2-!a"-#3!a2 id2-da sud
$
EC/ OI, OLO L.
See$ a sud" bala ud sud" gar sud" niDluSur sud" siki sud" sum sud.
$. (to be) remote% lon&-lastin&
'. (to be) pro(ound
-kk. nes %to be distant%" rqu %to be distant, go far off%.
51TJI9 E. 3ivil, Eelanges (irot 2J.
See )*+S,: sudPto be distant.
;et us try to spell the name of the demigod ZI-UD-SUD-RA # I is im(!ssi)"e# Ancien *riers ried in vain ! s(e"" +is name as
Ziusudra F Zi-ud-su-ra F Zin-Suddu. This is the purpose of Sumerian language and Semitic languages in
general. Semitic languages have always used consonants in their writing system. You can add vowels to
create proper pronunciation of the words but the pronunciation is always variable, a matter of
interpretation. Semitic languages have been engineered in this way. 6t is impossible to offend a god because
the way a person writes the divine name is a matter of interpretation. The written word simply suggest the
spoken word. The written te.t does not mirror the spoken word perfectly.
Sumerian spelling ,ius)udra is the metathesis of -kkadian Atra-hasis !%e.tremely)wise%& and a
representation of Semitic name for the sun Ut-napishtim(Bi& !%he found life%& P BamBi !
d
:T:
Bi
&
Utnapishtim, or Utanapishtim, is a character in the epic of >ilgamesh who is tasked by 0nki !0a& to
abandon his worldly possessions and create a giant ship to be called The Preserer of !ife. He was also
tasked with bringing his wife, family, and relatives along with the craftsmen of his village, baby animals
and grains. The oncoming flood would wipe out all animals and humans that were not on the ship, similar
to that of the /oahSs -rk story. -fter twelve days on the water, :tnapishtim opened the hatch of his ship to
look around and saw the slopes of Eount /isir, where he rested his ship for seven days. An the seventh
day, he sent a dove out to see if the water had receded, and the dove could find nothing but water, so it
returned. Then he sent out a swallow, and Uust as before, it returned, having found nothing. <inally,
:tnapishtim sent out a raven, and the raven saw that the waters had receded, so it circled around, but did
not return. :tnapishtim then set all the animals free, and made a sacrifice to the gods. The gods came, and
because he had preserved the seed of man while remaining loyal and trusting of his gods, :tnapishtim and
his wife were given immortality, as well as a place among the heavenly gods.
6n the 0pic, overcome with the death of his friend 0nkidu, the hero >ilgamesh sets out on a series of
Uourneys to search for his ancestor :tanapishtim !Risouthros& who lives at the mouth of the rivers and has
been given eternal life. :tnapishtim counsels >ilgamesh to abandon his search for immortality but tells him
about a plant that can make him young again. >ilgamesh obtains the plant from the bottom of a river but a
snake steals it, and >ilgamesh returns home to the city of :ruk having abandoned hope of either
immortality or renewed youth.
-p- .SUN/ (N)
N instances
8eriods$ Eiddle (abylonian.
'ritten forms$ Ba)ap)Bu.
/ormali#ed forms$ BapBu !Ba)ap)Bu&.
1. Sun &od (0N) ($!12#)
$. sun (1!''#)
-im3&e .SUN/ (N)
+ instances
8eriods$ Eiddle (abylonian .
'ritten forms$ Bi)mi)gi.
/ormali#ed forms$ VimHge !Bi)mi)gi&.
1. Sun &od (0N) ($!1""#)
-am-u .SUN/ (N)
2 instances
8eriods$ Eiddle (abylonian 519" /eo)-ssyrian 5+9" /eo)(abylonian 5+9" Hellenistic 519" <irst
Eillennium 519.
'ritten forms$ BanBu" a)Ba)an)Bu"
d
:T:"
d
:T:
Bi
.
/ormali#ed forms$ aBanBu !a)Ba)an)Bu&" BamBi !
d
:T:
Bi
&" BamBu !
d
:T:&" BanBu !BanBu&.
1. sun-dis4 ($!$5#)
$. sun (6!21#)
Utnapishtim !%he found life%& P BamBi !
d
:T:
Bi
&
787
bad
5
!see full listing&
ge
8
!see full listing&
gi
8
!see full listing&
igi (igu)
igi 50Y09.
igi 5<-309.
igi 5@E-TH0E-T63S9.
lib
4
!see full listing&
lim (lima limi lum
2
)
!see full listing&
i (si
17
e
20
)
Bi 5T6709.
#i 5;6<09.
-kkadian workshop
Also: mahru, panu, badi, bat
I
, damu
+
, iga
.
!6>6&, ina
+
, ini
+
, inu
+
, lam
I
, le
N
, lem, li
N
,
pa
1O
, pad
L
, pan
N
, ra
.
!6>6&.
#i 5;6<09 !J1I.$ 04 666a, 04 666b, Ald -kkadian, ;agash 66, :r 666, 0arly Ald
(abylonian, Ald (abylonian& wr. #i" Bi" Bi)i %life% -kk. napi"tu
519 #i
5+9 Bi !0S&
5N9 Bi)i !0S&
1L distinct forms attested" click to view forms table.
1. li(e (816!1""#)
@ ;0RFAld (abylonianF/ippur ..9i// = .9i-i/ = .Z7/ = na-.pi-i"/-tum A( -a LI+$1. ;0RFAld
(abylonianFunknown lu
$
&udu
4
9i-ni--e
'
4ur
5
-ra = lu-um-ma-.ak-ku/ lu+)a#lag ( and 3
Seg.2, N" 9i-:u
1"
:gumu 1*I" 9i-9i-:u
1"
:gumu 1**" 9i tur = ;7N<( sa
#
-u
$
-um)= A(
;ist of 4iseases 12L. 0;-F04 666bF>irsu &anun i&i 9i mu--e
'
-bar-ta CS 1L, 1L2 r ii
N" ..../ 9iCS +2, ONN r ii 1N. 0;-F04 666bF:mma ..../ 4a 9i 7>= +OOIOI+On o i
J. 0;-FAld -kkadianF-dab ./ 9i
>?
-e mah -dab O*2I 1. 0;-FAld
-kkadianF>irsu &e-
>?
9i ./ STT6 1+* N. 0;-FAld -kkadianFunclear 1(di-) tu&
$
-a
'
9i -thene
1TTJOT+Lm N. 0;-F;agash 66F:r1(a-) &u
$
uruda 9i diri :0T N, O+T1 1. 0;-F:r
666F4rehem $(&e-
$
) 8(di-) 1!$(a-) &u
$
&i 9i-:3T 1, *TO 1" 1(di-) 4ir
11
&a 9i ./ (3T 1, 1NJ
+" 4(&e- u) '(&e-
$
) &u
$
&i 9i (6/ ON, +*1 1. 0;-F:r 666F>irsu -e-ba erin
$
&i 9i -mherst 1O2
+" -e erin
$
&i 9i -mherst 1+1 N"1(&e-
$
) 6(di-) 9i9
$
9i
>?
-SW O+, NI TJ ii T. 0;-F:r
666F/ippur ..../ '(bari&) '(ban
$
) ..../ 9i-:3T 1, T*L I" $(bari&) '(ban
$
) ..../ 9i ..../ (0 ONF1,
11N 2" ..../ 1(di-) ma-na @7; 9i (0 ONF1, 1LJ 1O. 0;-F:r 666F:mma ./-
sa
>?
&i 9i AA -egyptus +2, +I +1 i 1J" 1(ban
$
) &i 9i AA-egyptus +2, +I +1 ii
+N" .@UB,A8AC .../ &i 9i AA -egyptus +2, +I +1 r i ++. 0;-F:r
666F:r1(di-) &uru- &i 9i 4(a-)-ta EC/ 1O, 1+O r i N" $(a-) &u
$
uruda 9i diri :0T N, O+TL
1" 9i
>?
..../ :0T N, O+T2 L. 0;-F:r 666Funclear ..../ &i 9i (3T +, 1IJ N" ..../ erin
$
&i 9i (W7;
*L, 11* J* +S" a
$
&i 9i S78
2
-a (uffalo S/S.11)+, 1LL 11 L. 0;-F0arly Ald
(abylonianFunknown 9i-u-e-
18
-dar (6/ 1O, +NO 1*" 1(di-) 9i din&ir-ra-bi
$
(6/ 1O, +N+
2" 1(di-) 9i mu-na-nu-um (6/ 1O, +NI +. unknownF04 666aFunknown e
$
./ @U, ./ 9i A68
1OL, O+1 +S.unknownF04 666bF-dab '(uDE) 6(a-DE) lu&al numun 9i (6/ OJ, OO* ii
+. unknownF04 666bF>irsu &anun i&i 9i mu--e
'
-bar-ta 48 1L* o ii 2" &anun i&i .9i/ mu-.-e
'
-bar-
ta/ 48 IIO o ii L. unknownF04 666bF;agash ..../ $(uDE) ..../ 9i (iEes ON, 1T o ii 1" din&ir-
bi i&i 9i&al an-na (iEes ON, +* iv N. unknownF04 666bF/ippur &udu
4
-&e 9i an-@UBSA-la
$
-SW
1*, p. LN)L* prism iii 2. unknownF04 666bFunclear 1(a-DE) dub
>?
9i (6/ OJ, O11 r iii
L" -a
'
9i(6/ OJ, 1IT o ii IS. unknownF04 666bFunknown e
$
9i (6/ OJ, O++ o ii N" ..../ 9i 6TT
I, OT+11 r i N" si&
4
9i 6TT I, OT+1L +" e
$
9i 6TT I, OT+1I L. unknownFAld
-kkadianF>irsu e
$
9i 6TT I, OT++O +. unknownFAld -kkadianF6sin sa& ./ 9i ./ ne ./ EC/ ON,
OO1 o iv +. unknownF:r 666F4rehem nu-banda
'
&i 9i 8rima delXalfabeto +I
N" &i 9i diri 8rima delXalfabeto +I +" $(u)..../ &i 9i EC/ 1I, +L1 +. unknownF:r
666F>irsu 1(bari&) -e ur
>?
87F
'
@)
'
9i -SW 11, 1NI *N o ii *" 9i lu&al-bi in-pa
'
S/-T +1O
+" 9i lu&al-bi in-pa
'
S/-T +1O 1. unknownF:r 666F:mma &i 9i si&
2
-e-da &ub-ba -SW 1L, 1O1 N
1O" &i 9i -a
'
-&al udu ni&a sa
$
-du
11
d
-ara
$
-4a 9e
$
-a a--a
'

d
na-ra-am-
d
suen e
$
udu a-pi
4
-sal
4
4i
--e
'
&a
1
-&a
$

34;W +OONF1, no. 1 r iii T" 6(di-) sa &i 9i du Hirose NJ2 1. unknownFAld
(abylonianFunknown mu e&i
$
9ian-na ma-
$
i
'
-pa
'
T;( I, 1I T.
See$ u #i u u.
-kk. napi"tu %throat, life%.
See )*+S,: #iPlife !breath&.
Semitic Utnapishtim !%he found life%& P BamBi !
d
:T:
Bi
& P actually was a composite of dingir 4
5god9 Y :T: 5sun9 Y napi"tu 5life9
- Semitic scribe simply created a new word by merging a Sumerism :T: 5sun9 and a pure
-kkadian noun napi"tu 5life9. Then he called this word Zhe found life
The primitive man asked childish questions to his sun god. The sun never answered the
questions. However, the imagination of primitive humans simply ran wild. They thought that
the sun was mad at mankind for the sins they had committed against their god. They
perceived the movement of the clouds as constant flooding and observed the movements of
their god carefully dividing the time period in appro.imately N*O days creating the solar year
cycle. -fter that they collected the days and created the 2 day week, after that they divided the
day and created +L hours, after that they divided the hour and created *O minutes and finally
they divided the minute and created *O seconds. The length of the flood in the sky became the
standard measure for the solar calendar, the normal week of si. days. The final day though
was the day of rest after the flood and it was called Sunday, the day of the sun.
There was a second group of primitive men who took the moon as their point of reference and
created the lunar flood of forty days and nights. -pparently the two calendars created the
ground for a potential conflict. There were two versions of the flood, the solar flood versus
the lunar flood.
The name of the sun in Semitic language proves that the two opposing camps came to a truce.
The compromise between the two camps was necessary after the violent struggles had ensued
to establish one calendar at the e.pense of the other. Semitic scribes realised that the sun was
twice as powerful as the moon, therefore they concluded the name of the sun must be the
reduplication of the name of the moon. Semitic scribes constantly engineered the artificial
tongue Sumerian and the spoken tongue -kkadian, so we must not be surprised that the name
of the sun in Semitic is the reduplication of the name of the moon in Sumerian.
SGn 5,:0/ $ 9
%Sky & 'stronomy & Planets(
moon
s3nu
%Sky & 'stronomy(
moon
Ht s3n % nIr s3n % nIr t3n
moonshine , moonlight
See also $ )tu* )t "am"i* n+r "am"i
@ama- 546/>67.:T: $ 9
%Religion(
the Sun)god Shamash "
See also $ "an"u* "am"i"
-am-i-
%Sky & ,limate(
like the sun "
3f. -ama"
See also $ "an".nu
-an-u
%Sky & 'stronomy & Stars(
the sun " arr ani $ a sun)beam , the sunshine "
3f. "an".nu* "an".ntu
See also $ -ama"* "am"u
-am-u 5:T: $ 9 !n.&
%Sky & 'stronomy(
sun " t ami sunrise " ereb ami sunset "
3f. n+r "am"i* )t "am"i
3omparison with other Semitic languages $
8roto)Semitic $
[
MamB
-rabic $ Bams \]^ _`
Syriac $ BimBG
Hebrew $ BemeB ab cd adb
:garitic $ BpB
-an-Jntu
%Sky & 'stronomy & Planets(
the sun)disk
3f. "an".nu* "an"u
See also $ -ama"* "am"u
-an-Jnu
%Sky & ,limate(
sunlike , sunny "
3f. "an"u* "an".ntu
-an-u
%Sky & 'stronomy & Stars(
the sun " arr ani $ a sun)beam , the sunshine "
3f. "an".nu* "an".ntu
See also $ -ama"* "am"u
The myth of the flood is related to the efforts of humans to establish a calendar. Sumerian was
not a spoken language but a suggestive te.t that secured the medium between humans and
gods. There have always been floods, one greater than the other but ancient writers needed a
point of reference in time when there was no time at all. The meaning time was created by
observing the movement of the sun, the movement of the moon and the movement of the
#odiac signs among the stars. 'hen there is no time reference you need to invent one. 'hen
there are no gods you need to invent them. The process of invention scared Semitic writers.
They desperately overused the suggestion mechanism creating a huge chaos called Sumerian
mud tablets. Semitic writers and mathematicians chopped the life of the sun to create elements
of time" they also cut the Semitic words and rearranged the syllables to create the language to
talk to the sun. That is how Sumerian tongue was born.