EN (cuneiform)
En (Borger 2003 nr. 164
Deities including En as part of their name include DEnlil, DEnki, DEngurun, and DEnzu.
Enheduanna, Akkadian 2285 BC – 2250 BC was the first known holder of the title En, here meaning 'Priestess'.
Archaic forms
The corresponding
Amarna letters: bêlu
The
Most of the uses are in the letter introduction, formulaic addresses to the pharaoh, stating typically to effect:
Bodies of the letters also repeat the phraseology of "king" or "my lord", sometimes doubly as in letter EA 34, (using be-li, as bêlu), "The pharaoh's reproach answered", by the king of Alashiya.
See also
- LUGAL'king' or 'ruler'
- NIN– 'queen' or 'priestess'
- Bêlu– 'lord' or 'master'
References
- Louvre Museum, Ministry of Culture.
- ^ Saggs, H. W. F. (1988) [1962]. The Greatness That Was Babylon (revised 2nd ed.). [page needed]
- ^ Sahala, Aleksi (11 September 2015). "Sumerian phonology – Current state of its study. Part 1: Vowels". Academia: 12–13. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ISBN 0-8018-6715-0.