Scholarly Name Reference
Lord of the great city
Scholarly reference for Nergal
𒀭𒄊𒀕
The name in its original Cuneiform form. 𒀭𒄊𒀕 → Nergal. Logographic spelling of the underworld god · Divine determinative 𒀭 marks the theonym · Akkadian Nergal lord of the underworld city Kutha
NERGAL
This name is already attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode form Nergal is identical to ASCII apart from capitalization, so no diacritic, stress, or script information was erased.
Nergal
Because the name is already in Latin letters, the Unicode restoration does not add diacritics or change the script. Its value here is canonical spelling and consistent cataloguing, not the recovery of lost marks.
nergal.com → nergal.com
Because Nergal uses only ASCII characters, no Punycode encoding is required. The browser displays the name as-is. This domain is currently registered by another party.
How nergal becomes Nergal
| Step | ASCII | Unicode | Type | Scholarly Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | n | → | N | Same | Same, capitalized |
| 02 | e | → | e | Same | Same |
| 03 | r | → | r | Same | Same |
| 04 | g | → | g | Same | Same |
| 05 | a | → | a | Same | Same |
| 06 | l | → | l | Same | Same |
Why Nergal is classified as Tier-2 Basic
The Mesopotamian name 𒀭𒄊𒀕 is attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode restoration is identical to ASCII, so no diacritic or script recovery is needed. It is catalogued as a single-tier Tier-2 name because the scholarly form carries no stress or length marks.
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