Translingual

Unicode name	CUNEIFORM SIGN AN
Unicode block	Cuneiform
Codepoint	U+1202D

Symbol

𒀭

1. Cuneiform sign AN.

𒀭

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 .

References

• 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)

Akkadian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil- ‎(“deity”).

Noun

𒀭 ‎(ilu‹m›) m [DINGIR]

1. (logogram) god, deity
2. (rare) priest

Noun

𒀭 ‎(ilatu‹m›) f [DINGIR]

1. (logogram) goddess

Noun

𒀭 ‎(^d) [DINGIR]

1. god, deity

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *šamāy- ‎(“sky, heaven”).

Noun

𒀭 ‎(šamû) [AN]

1. (logographic, plural only) sky (Often spelled 𒀭𒈨𒌍 ‎(AN.MEŠ)

Etymology 3

From Sumerian 𒀭 ‎(AN, “Anu”).

Proper noun

𒀭 ‎(anu‹m›)

1. Anu

References

• DINGIR in ePSD
• AN in ePSD

Sumerian

Noun

𒀭 ‎(DINGIR)

1. deity
2. god
3. goddess