Enlil

Anunnaki deity, god of air and divine authority, central figure in Mesopotamian pantheon.

Core Themes

• Divine rulership and cosmic order.
• Linked to Divine Hierarchy.

Related Concepts & Sources

Nippur (center), Atra-Hasis Epic (narrative), Assembly of the Gods (role)

Scholarly entry: Enlil/Ellil (god), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (Oracc, University of Pennsylvania).

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions
• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Edzard, D. 2003. "Enlil, Vater der Götter", in P. Marrassini (ed.), Semitic and AssyriologicalSstudies: Presented to Pelio Fronzaroli by Pupils and Colleagues , 173-184. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
• Englund, R. 2011. "Notes on KID a " [http://cdli.ucla.edu/pubs/cdln/archives/000019.html] . Cuneiform Digital Library Notes , 2011:006.
• Jacobsen, T. 1989. "The líl of d En-líl", in H. Behrens, D.M. Loding, and M.T. Roth (eds.), DUMU-É-DUB-BA-A: Studies in Honor of Ake W. Sjöberg . Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund, 11, ppp. 267-276. Philadelphia: Samuel Noah Kramer Fund.
• Michalowski, P. 1998. "The unbearable lightness of Enlil." in J. Prosecký (ed.), Intellectual Life of the Ancient Near East: Papers Presented at the 43rd Rencontre assyriologique internationale, Prague, July 1-5, 1996 , pp. 237-247. Prague: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Oriental Institute.
• Nötscher, F. 1938. "Enlil." Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie 2 , pp. 382-387. Berlin: de Gruyter
• Sigrist, R.M. 1980. "Offrandes aux dieux à Nippur." Journal of Cuneiform Studies 32 : 104-113.
• Sommerfeld, W. 1982. Der Aufstieg Marduks: die Stellung Marduks in der babylonischen Religion des zweiten Jahrtausends v. Chr. . Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 213. Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker.
• Steinkeller, P. 1999. "On rulers, priests and sacred marriage: Tracing the evolution of early Sumerian kingship." In K. Watanabe, Priests and Officials in the Ancient Near East , pp. 103-137. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag.
• Steinkeller, P. 2010. "More on the archaic writing of the name Enlil/Nippur." In A. Kleinerman and J. Sasson (eds.), Why Should Someone Who Knows Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday , pp. 239-243. Bethesda: CDL Press.
• Wang, X. 2011. The Metamorphosis of Enlil in Early Mesopotamia . Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 385. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.