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Updated: May 17, 2025
This character as a spirit of the watery elements is shared by others of the goddesses appearing in the old Babylonian inscriptions. En-ki or Ea. This god, who, as we shall see, becomes most prominent in the developed form of Babylonian theology, does not occupy the place one should expect in the early Babylonian inscriptions. Ur-Bau erects a sanctuary to Ea, at Girsu.
A point in favor of regarding Ea as the real name, albeit not decisive, is the frequent use of the unmistakable ideographic description of the god as En-ki. The consort of Ea who is Dam-kina also occurs in the historical texts of the first period.
The ideograms, with which his name is written, En-ki, designate him as god of that 'which is below, the earth in the first place; but with a more precise differentiation of the functions of the great gods, Ea becomes the god of the waters of the deep.
Whether Ea is to be regarded as the real name of the god, or is also an ideograph like En-ki, is again open to doubt. If Ea is the real pronunciation, then the writing of the name is a play upon the character of the deity, for it is composed of two elements that signify 'house' and 'water, the name thus suggesting the character and real seat of the deity.
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