# Not Enlil: the archaic spelling is EN.KID

> No evidence yet: No: Uruk III writes Enlil as EN.KID (EN+NUN), and the EN.E2 spelling of Enlil is an Early Dynastic IIIa development, so EN AN E2 on MS…

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# Not Enlil: the archaic spelling is EN.KID

No: Uruk III writes Enlil as EN.KID (EN+NUN), and the EN.E2 spelling of Enlil is an Early Dynastic IIIa development, so EN AN E2 on MS 3035 is not Enlil but a combination of EN, AN and E2.

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## Where it stands

**No evidence yet** No evidence yet.

## What it predicts

- Archaic lexical lists write Enlil/Nippur with KID or NUN, not E2.
- No other archaic text has EN.E2 in a context marked as divine.

## What would rule it out

- An Uruk III text with EN.E2 in a clearly divine or Nippur context.

## The questions it answers

[Does the name entry EN AN E2 on MS 3035 (P006268, obv. i 1.b09) contain the divine name Enlil, written as in Early Dynastic {d}en-lil2?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/questions/QST0DG2T5DJKG28/does-the-name-entry-en-an-e2-on-ms-3035-p006268-obv-i-1-b09)

Part of [Do the roughly 440 personal names in the archaic texts follow Sumerian, Semitic or some other naming pattern?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDTDFDF2VV/do-the-roughly-440-personal-names-in-the-archaic-texts)

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