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==Etymology== The name of Enkidu is [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]], and generally written in texts in this language by the sequence of signs '''en.ki.du10'''. The phrase '''ki.du10''' (''good place'') is well attested in the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)|Early Dynastic]] personal names, and the name '''en.ki.du10.ga''' (''Lord of the good place'') is cited on the Fara tablets. The lack of genitive or any grammatical element was common until the late third millennium.<ref>Gilgamesh: A Reader by John Maier</ref> However, an alternative translation has been proposed as ''Creation of [[Enki]]''. In the epic, his name is preceded by the determinative sign of the divinity ''dingir'' π, which means that this character was considered to be of divine essence.
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