THE MOST ANCIENT WORDS FOR GOD
Aside from heiroglyphics the closest extant (actual cuneiform tablets) writings we have to the time of Enoch are the Temple Hymn of Kesh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesh_temple_hymn and the Instructions of Sharappak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_of_Shuruppak. These texts are both religious in nature, like scripture, and one uses the word or name EN.LIL for God (the supreme heavenly being) and the other uses the word or name UTU. The uses of these names in literature show clear similarities with references to God in the Book of Enoch and other scriptures so it is plausible that they are references to the same supreme heavenly being. The Temple Hymn of Kesh praises God using the name or title EN.LIL whose meaning is like the translation we have in English of the title in the Book of Enoch “Lord of Spirits”. It could mean Supreme Spirit. The content of these praises is consistent with it being about the same God in other religious writings and scriptures such as those in the Bible. Likewise the Utu mentioned in the Instructions of Sharappak seems to be referring to God.
