𒀭

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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Symbol

𒀭

  1. Cuneiform sign AN.

𒀭Image:Cuneiform_sumer_dingir.jpg

Cuneiform sign AN

  • Borger (2003): 10
  • Borger (1981): 13
  • HZL: 8
  • Unicode: U+1202D 𒀭
phonetic values
  • Sumerian: AN, DINGIR
  • Akkadian: ìl
  • Hittite: an
meanings
  • AN "heaven"
  • DINGIR "deity"
    • as a determiner abbreviated to D, e.g. DEN.LÍL=Enlil
  • AN.BAR "iron"
  • NANNA=AN.NA "tin"
  • KUR AN.TA "upland"
  • AN KI "heaven and earth"
  • AN GE6 "eclipse (of a celestial body)"
evolution
originally a drawing of a star; in Sumerian cuneiform consisting of four crossing wedges, , in Assyrian cuneiform simplified to .

[edit] References

Wikipedia

  • R. Borger, Assyrisch-Babylonische Zeichenliste, 2nd ed., Neukirchen-Vluyn (1981)
  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon, Münster (2003).
  • Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

[edit] Akkadian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil- (deity).

[edit] Noun

𒀭 (ilu)

  1. god, deity
  2. (rare) priest

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[edit] Sumerian

[edit] Noun

𒀭 (DINGIR)

  1. deity
  2. god
  3. goddess
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