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The major deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon were believed to participate in the "assembly of the gods", [6] through which the gods made all of their decisions. [6] This assembly was seen as a divine counterpart to the semi-democratic legislative system that existed during the Third Dynasty of Ur ( c. 2112 BC – c. 2004 BC).
Mesopotamia [a] is a historical ... A map of 15th century BC, ... The Sumerian word for universe is an-ki, which refers to the god An and the goddess Ki. [46]
Weidner god list is the conventional name of one of the known ancient Mesopotamian lists of deities, originally compiled by ancient scribes in the late third millennium BCE, with the oldest known copy dated to the Ur III or the Isin-Larsa period. Further examples have been found in many excavated Mesopotamian cities, and come from between the ...
The god Marduk and his dragon Mušḫuššu. Ancient Mesopotamian religion encompasses the religious beliefs (concerning the gods, creation and the cosmos, the origin of man, and so forth) and practices of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia between circa 6000 BC [1] and 500 AD.
Nergal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒄊𒀕𒃲 [1] d KIŠ.UNU or d GÌR.UNU.GAL; [2] Hebrew: נֵרְגַל, Modern: Nergal, Tiberian: Nērgal; Aramaic: ܢܸܪܓܲܠ; [3] Latin: Nirgal) was a Mesopotamian god worshiped through all periods of Mesopotamian history, from Early Dynastic to Neo-Babylonian times, with a few attestations indicating that his cult survived into the period of Achaemenid domination.
Utu was god of the sun, whose primary center of worship was the E-babbar temple in Sippar. [37] Utu was principally regarded as a dispenser of justice; [16]: 184 he was believed to protect the righteous and punish the wicked. [16]: 184 Nanna was god of the moon and of wisdom.
However, according to the god list An = Anum, a god bearing the name Yabnu (d ia-ab-na) was the "Enlil of Elam." [135] Wilfred G. Lambert concluded that Jabru and Yabnu should be considered two spellings of the same name. [7] While Jabru is described as an Elamite god in Mesopotamian sources, no known Elamite texts mention him. [7]
Pages in category "Mesopotamian gods" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abu (god) Abzu;