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thumb|upright|alt=Rectangle stone tablet with cuneiform inscription|Foundation tablet from the Temple of Inanna at [[Uruk, dating to the reign of Ur-Nammu, featuring the Sumerogram () on the left of the last two rows.]]

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thumb|upright|alt=Rectangle stone tablet with cuneiform inscription|Foundation tablet from the Temple of Inanna at [[Uruk, dating to the reign of Ur-Nammu, featuring the Sumerogram () on the left of the last two rows.]]

A Sumerogram is the use of a Sumerian cuneiform character or group of characters as an ideogram or logogram rather than a syllabogram in the graphic representation of a language other than Sumerian, such as Akkadian, Eblaite, or Hittite. This type of logogram characterized, to a greater or lesser extent, every adaptation of the original Mesopotamian cuneiform system to a language other than Sumerian. The frequency and intensity of their use varied depending on period, style, and genre. In the same way, a written Akkadian word that is used ideographically to represent a language other than Akkadian (such as Hittite) is known as an Akkadogram.

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