En (cuneiform)

The cuneiform sign en, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts).

It has a secondary sub-use in the Amarna letters for ka4.

[1] Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for n, e, or en, and also a replacement for "e", by vowels, a, or i, or u.

[2] EN in the Epic of Gilgamesh is used for Akkadian, adi (English "until, plus", and Akkdian bēlu), for "lord, owner".

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Cuneiform en ; also EN .
Some forms of cuneiform en show a large vertical stroke in the median of the horizontal stroke .