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En (cuneiform)

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Cuneiform en; also EN.
Some forms of cuneiform en show a large vertical stroke in the median of the horizontal stroke.


The cuneiform sign en, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts). It has a secondary sub-use in the Amarna letters for ka4.[1]

Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for n, e, or en, and also a replacement for "e", by vowels, a, or i, or u.

Epic of Gilgamesh usage

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The en sign usage in the Epic of Gilgamesh is as follows: (en, 32 times, and EN, 184 times).[2] EN in the Epic of Gilgamesh is used for Akkadian, adi (English "until, plus", and Akkdian bēlu), for "lord, owner".[3]

References

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  1. ^ CDLI: EA 34.
  2. ^ Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, pp. 155-165, no. 098, p. 157.
  3. ^ Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, pp. 155-165, p. 117, for Logograms, and p. 119, for adi, p. 122, for bēlu.