Cuneiform Sign Β· logograms
an
/ahn/
sky, heaven, god An
Level 3
Difficulty 3
About this sign
The supreme god An ruled the heavens. This sign appears in 'An = Anum,' the great god list organizing the Mesopotamian pantheon. The same wedge-pattern is also read as DINGIR when used as a divine determinative before the name of a godβa cuneiform feature called polyphony.
Example words
AN.KI (heaven and earth)
AN.TA (above)
One of 44 cuneiform signs waiting to be explored in Massarrah.