Akkadian Addenda · Signs

𒇉ENGUR · [id] · the sweet waters under the earth; with A before it one word — written ID₂, spoken Id: the River

the deep

Where it comes from

An enclosure with water inside it — the lists read the shape as the engur, the sweet waters under the earth, the deep that wells up in springs and rivers: Enki’s own address (stated). That is the sign’s identity, not its reading here: in this course it is never voiced alone. Written after 101’s water-sign, the pair 𒀀A · [a] · water𒇉ENGUR · [id] · the sweet waters under the earth; with A before it one word — written ID₂, spoken Id: the River is read as ONE word — transliterated ID₂, a capitals-and-index sign-name like E₂ — and spoken as the Akkadian divine name Id, the god a man walks into when no human court can judge him.

How to remember it

The deep under everything: a box of water below the ground line. Put plain water in front of it and the deep rises to the surface as the River — add the god-star and it can hear your case.

In the wild

Akkadian reading taught in 103’s chapter 10.