The cuneiforman sign (or sumerogramAN, in Akkadian consisting of ASH 𒀸 and MAŠ𒈦), is a common, multi-use sign, a syllabic for an, and an alphabetic sign used for a, or n; it is common in both the Epic of Gilgamesh over hundreds of years, and the 1350 BC Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts. It is also used for the designation of a "god", and is sometimes represented as a superscript: d, or capitalized: D, for "dingir", English language, "god". The example photo at right shows (2nd list), a list of 14 named gods, all with "an"; the first pair on the list AN-UTU, or DUTU, refers to the "sun-god", using Ud (cuneiform), as the sumerogram, namely UTU (sun Sumerogram).
Digitized cuneiform sign for anLine drawing of Kassite vocabulary list. The first two gods in column 2, God Sin, and God Shamash; (Shamash again as God #3). Gods #4/5 (identical), are the "Wind Gods", Adad, and Rammânu.
Cuneiform an can also be found in compound form with another cuneiform sign, an example being DAGAL, . The older version of DAGAL used the 'god symbol' as a star within the sign: ; (older version of DAGAL, incorporating "star": ).
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablets I-XII, "an" is used for the following meanings by the following numbers: an-(120) times, ìl-(0) times, d-(593), AN-(27), and DINGIR-(76) times.[1]
List of Babylonian gods, etc.edit
From Budge's revised book on Babylonian Life and History, a list of many of the major gods from Babylonian history (and Sumerian):[2]
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^Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, pp. 155-165, Sign no. 013, p. 155.
^Budge. Babylonian Life and History,E.A. Wallace Budge (Barnes & Noble edition), c 2005 (c 1883, revised 1925), 245 pages, Chapter: "Babylonian Religious Beliefs", pp. 80-95, list: pp. 94-95.
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