๐’‚— U+12097, 𒂗
CUNEIFORM SIGN EN
โ† ๐’‚–
[U+12096]
Cuneiform ๐’‚˜ โ†’
[U+12098]

Translingual

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Glyph origin

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Cuneiform sign "EN", for "Lord" or "Master": evolution from the pictograph of a throne circa 3000 BCE, followed by simplification and rotation down to circa 600 BCE.[1]

Cuneiform sign

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๐’‚— Sign Number
MZL 164
Deimel 99
HZL 40

Derived signs

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References

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  1. ^ โ€œSite officiel du musรฉe du Louvreโ€, in cartelfr.louvre.frโ€Ž[1], (Can we date this quote?)
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Mรผnster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, ล umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. Rรผster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

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Sign values

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Sign ๐’‚—
Sumerograms EN
Phoneticย values en

Etymology 1

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Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’‚— (en, โ€œlordโ€).

Logogram

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๐’‚— โ€ข (EN)

  1. Sumerogram of bฤ“lum (โ€œlord, ownerโ€)
  2. Sumerogram of ฤ“num (โ€œlordโ€)

Etymology 2

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Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’‚— (en /โ ennaโ /, โ€œuntilโ€)

Logogram

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๐’‚— โ€ข (EN)

  1. Sumerogram of adi (โ€œuntilโ€)

Etymology 3

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Logogram

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๐’‚— โ€ข (EN)

  1. (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, mathematics) Sumerogram of mฤซnum (โ€œwhat?โ€)

Sumerian

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Etymology 1

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Conjunction

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๐’‚— โ€ข (en /enna/)

  1. Alternative form of ๐’‚—๐’ˆพ (en-na /โ ennaโ /, โ€œuntilโ€)

Etymology 2

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โ€œlordโ€
Emegir
๐’‚— (en)
Emesal

Noun

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๐’‚— โ€ข (en)

  1. lord
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Descendants
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  • โ†’ Akkadian: ๐’‚— (ฤ“num)

See also

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References

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  • โ€œ๐’‚— (en)โ€ in ePSD2