They possessed knowledge that we are only approaching …
As is well known, the sixagesimal number system came to us from the Sumerians, and they themselves - from the "great gods" of the Anunnaki, who were aliens from another star system, who called our Earth "Eridu" ("distant home"). They ruled our planet both before the Great Flood (10,478 BC) and after it, up to 3314 BC. (according to some sources - and somewhat later). But in this regard, one vital question arises: what did their 60-tirical number system, transmitted to the Sumerians, mean for the "gods" themselves?..
As you know, the Sumerians assigned a numerical rank to some gods. This system also allows the identification of the Great Gods of Heaven and Earth during the flourishing of the Sumerian civilization. It turns out that the supreme pantheon consists of twelve gods. It is worth recalling that the signs of the Zodiac (this knowledge also came from the gods) are also twelve …
The first indication of this numerical cipher, applied to the Great Gods, was found in some texts, where next to the names of the gods Sina, Shamash and Ishtar stood respectively the numbers 30, 20 and 15. The highest - in the sixties system - rank 60 was assigned to Anu; Enlil had a numerical rank of 50, Enki - 40, and Adad - 10. Thus, the rank of the six male gods was a multiple of 10, and the rank of the goddesses - which is quite logical - ended in the number 5 (within the base of the sixtiethical number system, that is 60). The result is the following table.
Men / Women
60 - Anu 55 - Antu
50 - Enlil 45 - Ninlil
40 - Ea / Enki 35 - Ninki
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30 - Nanna / Sin 25 - Ningal
20 - Utu / Shamash 15 - Inanna / Ishtar
10 - Ishkur / Adad 5 - Ninhursag
We should not be surprised that Ninurta was assigned the number 50 - the same as his father. In other words, his dynastic rank conveyed a certain encrypted message: if Enlil leaves, then Ninurta takes his place; however, until that time he could not be a member of the "twelve", since the place with a numerical rank of 50 was already taken.
Nor should it be surprising that when Marduk took power from Enlil, he insisted that the gods honor him with "fifty names" to emphasize that the rank "50" had passed to him.
The Sumerian pantheon included many other deities - children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews of the Great Gods. In addition, there were also ordinary gods, who, if I may say so, carried "military service". However, the Great Circle consisted of only twelve gods.
Here is a table of numbers with its etymology:
1 diš, dili, deli, aš
2 min
3 eš5
4 lim, limmu
5 i, iá, ía
6 aš five [+] one
7 imin, umun5 five [+] two
8 ussu five [+] three
9 ilim, ilimmu five [+] four
10 u
20 niš
30 ùšu twenty [+] ten
40 nimin twenty [×] two
50 ninnu twenty [×] two [+] ten
60 ĝíš (d)
3600 šár
In this regard, one can recall the Bible, where some biblical phrases actually carry a very indicative digital meaning:
60 ĝíš (d) (lord “lord”);
3600 (šár "king") which is equal to "lord of lords" = 60x60 similar to "lord in the square"
"Amen" (u.min) means 12
Etc. All this speaks, at least, of a clear hierarchical structure among the "gods" themselves …
