Table of Contents
77 relations: Aštabi, Achaemenid Empire, Alalu, Andrew R. George, Anu, Artaxerxes I, Ashur (god), Assur, Šulinkatte, Babylon, Bau (goddess), Borsippa, Bunene, Dilbat, Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia), Ebla, Elam, Enlil, Enmesharra, Esagila, Gazbaba, Gula (goddess), Gwendolyn Leick, Hadad, Hammurabi, Hattians, Hittites, Hurrian religion, Išḫara, Ištaran, Igalim, Ilabrat, Inanna, Iqbi-damiq, Iyarri, Joan Goodnick Westenholz, Kanisurra, Kassites, Kish (Sumer), Kudurru, Kutha, Lagamal, Lament for Sumer and Ur, Larsa, List of war deities, Mamitu, Marduk, Mesopotamia, Nabu, Nebuchadnezzar I, ... Expand index (27 more) »
- Kish (Sumer)
- Tutelary gods
Aštabi
Aštabi (𐎀𐎌𐎚𐎁, aštb), also known as Aštabil, was a god worshiped in the third millennium BCE in Ebla, later incorporated into Hurrian beliefs in locations such as Alalakh and Ugarit and as a result also into the religion of the Hittite Empire. Zababa and Aštabi are war gods.
Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
See Zababa and Achaemenid Empire
Alalu
Alalu or Alala was a primordial figure in Mesopotamian and Hurrian mythology. Zababa and Alalu are Mesopotamian gods.
See Zababa and Alalu
Andrew R. George
Andrew R. George (born 1955) is a British Assyriologist and academic best known for his edition and translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
See Zababa and Andrew R. George
Anu
Anu (𒀭𒀭, from 𒀭 an "Sky", "Heaven") or Anum, originally An (𒀭), was the divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion. Zababa and anu are Mesopotamian gods.
See Zababa and Anu
Artaxerxes I
Artaxerxes I (𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠; Ἀρταξέρξης) was the fifth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, from 465 to December 424 BC.
Ashur (god)
Ashur, Ashshur, also spelled Ašur, Aššur (𒀭𒊹|translit. Zababa and Ashur (god) are Mesopotamian gods.
Assur
Aššur (𒀭𒊹𒆠 AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: Aš-šurKI, "City of God Aššur"; ܐܫܘܪ Āšūr; 𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼 Aθur, آشور Āšūr; אַשּׁוּר, اشور), also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was the capital of the Old Assyrian city-state (2025–1364 BC), the Middle Assyrian Empire (1363–912 BC), and for a time, of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BC).
See Zababa and Assur
Šulinkatte
Šulinkatte was a Hittite god of Hattian origin. Zababa and Šulinkatte are war gods.
Babylon
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.
Bau (goddess)
Bau, also read Baba or Babu (cuneiform: 𒀭𒁀𒌑 dBa-U2), was a Mesopotamian goddess. Zababa and Bau (goddess) are Kish (Sumer).
Borsippa
Borsippa (Sumerian: BAD.SI.(A).AB.BAKI; Akkadian: Barsip and Til-Barsip): Vol.
Bunene
The ancient Mesopotamian deity Bunene, inscribed in cuneiform sumerograms as dḪAR and phonetically as dbu-ne-ne, was a subordinate to and sukkal ("vizier") or charioteer of the sun-god Šamaš, whom he drove from the eastern horizon at dawn to the doorway of the interior of heaven in the west at dusk in a daily ritual. Zababa and Bunene are Mesopotamian gods.
Dilbat
Dilbat (modern Tell ed-Duleim or Tell al-Deylam) was an ancient Near Eastern city located 25 kilometers south of Babylon on the eastern bank of the Western Euphrates in modern-day Babil Governorate, Iraq.
Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
The Early Dynastic period (abbreviated ED period or ED) is an archaeological culture in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) that is generally dated to and was preceded by the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods.
See Zababa and Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
Ebla
Ebla (Sumerian: eb₂-la, إبلا., modern: تل مرديخ, Tell Mardikh) was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria.
See Zababa and Ebla
Elam
Elam (Linear Elamite: hatamti; Cuneiform Elamite:; Sumerian:; Akkadian:; עֵילָם ʿēlām; 𐎢𐎺𐎩 hūja) was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq.
See Zababa and Elam
Enlil
Enlil, later known as Elil and Ellil, is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms. Zababa and Enlil are Mesopotamian gods.
See Zababa and Enlil
Enmesharra
Enmesharra (𒀭𒂗𒈨𒊹𒊏, "Lord of all mes") was a Mesopotamian god associated with the underworld. Zababa and Enmesharra are Mesopotamian gods.
Esagila
The Ésagila or Esangil (𒂍𒊕𒅍𒆷, "temple whose top is lofty") was a temple dedicated to Marduk, the protector god of Babylon.
Gazbaba
Gazbaba, also known as Kazbaba or Kazba, was a Mesopotamian goddess closely associated with Inanna, Nanaya and Kanisurra.
Gula (goddess)
Gula (Sumerian: "the great") was a Mesopotamian goddess of medicine, portrayed as a divine physician and midwife.
Gwendolyn Leick
Gwendolyn Leick (25 February 1951 – 19 November 2022) was an Austrian-born British historian and Assyriologist who wrote multiple books and encyclopedias in English about ancient Mesopotamia.
See Zababa and Gwendolyn Leick
Hadad
Hadad (𐎅𐎄|translit. Zababa and Hadad are Mesopotamian gods.
See Zababa and Hadad
Hammurabi
Hammurabi (𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉|translit.
Hattians
The Hattians were an ancient Bronze Age people that inhabited the land of Hatti, in central Anatolia (modern Turkey).
Hittites
The Hittites were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of Bronze Age West Asia.
Hurrian religion
The Hurrian religion was the polytheistic religion of the Hurrians, a Bronze Age people of the Near East who chiefly inhabited the north of the Fertile Crescent.
See Zababa and Hurrian religion
Išḫara
Išḫara was a goddess originally worshipped in Ebla and other nearby settlements in the north of modern Syria in the third millennium BCE.
Ištaran
Ištaran (Ishtaran; 𒀭𒅗𒁲) was a Mesopotamian god who was the tutelary deity of the city of Der, a city-state located east of the Tigris, in the proximity of the borders of Elam. Zababa and Ištaran are Mesopotamian gods.
Igalim
Igalim (𒀭𒅅𒄋) or Igalimma (𒀭𒅅𒄋𒈠) was a Mesopotamian god from the local pantheon of the state of Lagash. Zababa and Igalim are Mesopotamian gods.
Ilabrat
Ilabrat was a Mesopotamian god who in some cases was regarded as the sukkal (attendant deity) of the sky god Anu. Zababa and Ilabrat are Mesopotamian gods.
Inanna
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility.
Iqbi-damiq
Iqbi-damiq was a Mesopotamian goddess who was regarded as one of the "Daughters of Edubba", and was worshiped in Kish for this role.
Iyarri
Iyarri, also known as Yarri, was a god worshiped by Hittites and Luwians in Anatolia in the Bronze Age. Zababa and Iyarri are war gods.
Joan Goodnick Westenholz
Joan Goodnick Westenholz (1 July 1943 – February 2013) was an Assyriologist and the chief curator at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem.
See Zababa and Joan Goodnick Westenholz
Kanisurra
Kanisurra (also Gansurra, Ganisurra) was a Mesopotamian goddess who belonged to the entourage of Nanaya.
Kassites
The Kassites were people of the ancient Near East, who controlled Babylonia after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire and until (short chronology).
Kish (Sumer)
Kish (Kiš;; cuneiform: 𒆧𒆠; Kiššatu, near modern Tell al-Uhaymir) is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (Iraq), located south of Baghdad and east of the ancient city of Babylon.
Kudurru
A kudurru was a type of stone document used as a boundary stone and as a record of land grants to vassals by the Kassites and later dynasties in ancient Babylonia between the 16th and 7th centuries BC.
Kutha
Kutha, Cuthah, Cuth or Cutha (كُوثَا, Sumerian: Gû.du8.aki, Akkadian: Kûtu), modern Tell Ibrahim (also Tell Habl Ibrahlm) (تَلّ إِبْرَاهِيم), is an archaeological site in Babil Governorate, Iraq.
See Zababa and Kutha
Lagamal
Lagamal or Lagamar (Akkadian: "no mercy") was a Mesopotamian deity associated chiefly with Dilbat (modern Tell al-Deylam). Zababa and Lagamal are Mesopotamian gods.
Lament for Sumer and Ur
The lament for Sumer and Urim or the lament for Sumer and Ur is a poem and one of five known Mesopotamian "city laments"—dirges for ruined cities in the voice of the city's tutelary goddess.
See Zababa and Lament for Sumer and Ur
Larsa
Larsa (𒌓𒀕𒆠|translit.
See Zababa and Larsa
List of war deities
A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed.
See Zababa and List of war deities
Mamitu
Mamitu (Mammitum, Mammitu, Mammi) was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with the underworld.
Marduk
Marduk (Cuneiform: ᵈAMAR.UTU; Sumerian: "calf of the sun; solar calf") is a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon who eventually rose to power in the First Millennium BC. Zababa and Marduk are Mesopotamian gods and tutelary gods.
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
Nabu
Nabu (cuneiform: 𒀭𒀝 Nabû, Nəḇo) is the Babylonian patron god of literacy, the rational arts, scribes, and wisdom. Zababa and Nabu are Mesopotamian gods.
See Zababa and Nabu
Nebuchadnezzar I
Nebuchadnezzar I, reigned 1121–1100 BC, was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon.
See Zababa and Nebuchadnezzar I
Nergal
Nergal (Sumerian: dKIŠ.UNU or dGÌR.UNU.GAL;; Aramaic: ܢܸܪܓܲܠ; 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. Zababa and Nergal are Mesopotamian gods and war gods.
Ninisina
Ninisina (Sumerian: "Mistress of Isin") was a Mesopotamian goddess who served as the tutelary deity of the city of Isin.
Ninshubur
Ninshubur (Ninšubur, "Lady of Subartu" or "Lady of servants"), also spelled Ninšubura, was a Mesopotamian goddess whose primary role was that of the sukkal (divine attendant) of the goddess Inanna. Zababa and Ninshubur are Mesopotamian gods.
Ninurta
Ninurta (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒅁:, possible meaning "Lord Barley"), also known as Ninĝirsu (𒀭𒎏𒄈𒋢:, meaning "Lord Girsu"), is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with farming, healing, hunting, law, scribes, and war who was first worshipped in early Sumer. Zababa and Ninurta are Mesopotamian gods, tutelary gods and war gods.
Nupatik
Nupatik, in early sources known as Lubadag, was a Hurrian god of uncertain character.
Old Babylonian Empire
The Old Babylonian Empire, or First Babylonian Empire, is dated to, and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period.
See Zababa and Old Babylonian Empire
Pabilsaĝ
Pabilsaĝ (𒀭𒉺𒉈𒊕 /pabilsaŋ/; also romanized as Pabilsag) was a Mesopotamian god. Zababa and Pabilsaĝ are Mesopotamian gods and war gods.
Papsukkal
Papsukkal (𒀭𒉽𒈛) was a Mesopotamian god regarded as the sukkal (attendant deity) of Anu and his wife Antu in Seleucid Uruk. Zababa and Papsukkal are Mesopotamian gods.
Samsu-iluna
Samsu-iluna (Amorite: Shamshu-iluna, "The Sun (is) our god") (–1712 BC) was the seventh king of the founding Amorite dynasty of Babylon.
Sargon of Akkad
Sargon of Akkad (𒊬𒊒𒄀|Šarrugi), also known as Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC.
See Zababa and Sargon of Akkad
Semitic languages
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family.
See Zababa and Semitic languages
Sennacherib
Sennacherib (𒀭𒌍𒉽𒈨𒌍𒋢|translit.
Shamash
Shamash (Akkadian: šamaš), also known as Utu (Sumerian: dutu "Sun") was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god. Zababa and Shamash are Mesopotamian gods.
Shulshaga
Shulshaga (Šulšaga) or Shulsagana (Šulšagana) was a Mesopotamian god. Zababa and Shulshaga are Mesopotamian gods.
Shutruk-Nakhunte
Shutruk-Nakhunte (sometimes Nahhunte) was king of Elam from about 1184 to 1155 BC (middle chronology), and the second king of the Shutrukid Dynasty.
See Zababa and Shutruk-Nakhunte
Sin (mythology)
Sin or Suen (𒀭𒂗𒍪, dEN.ZU) also known as Nanna (𒀭𒋀𒆠 DŠEŠ.KI, DNANNA) is the Mesopotamian god representing the moon. Zababa and Sin (mythology) are Mesopotamian gods.
See Zababa and Sin (mythology)
Sukkal
Sukkal (conventionally translated from Sumerian as "vizier") was a term which could denote both a type of official and a class of deities in ancient Mesopotamia.
Sumerian language
Sumerian (Also written 𒅴𒄀 eme-gi.ePSD2 entry for emegir.|'native language'|) was the language of ancient Sumer.
See Zababa and Sumerian language
Theophoric name
A theophoric name (from Greek: θεόφορος, theophoros, literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or God's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that deity.
See Zababa and Theophoric name
Tutelary deity
A tutelary (also tutelar) is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation.
Ugur (god)
Ugur was a Mesopotamian god associated with war and death, originally regarded as an attendant deity (sukkal) of Nergal. Zababa and Ugur (god) are Mesopotamian gods and war gods.
Ur
Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (mound of bitumen) in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq.
See Zababa and Ur
Ur-Zababa
Ur-Zababa is listed on the Sumerian King List as the second king of the 4th Dynasty of Kish.
Warad-Sin
Warad-Sin (ARAD-Dsuen) ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa from 1770 BC to 1758 BC (short chronology) or 1834-1823 (middle chronology).
Wilfred G. Lambert
Wilfred George Lambert FBA (26 February 1926 – 9 November 2011) was a historian and archaeologist, a specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology.
See Zababa and Wilfred G. Lambert
Wurunkatte
Wurunkatte or Wurukatte was a Hittite war god of Hattian origin. Zababa and Wurunkatte are war gods.
Zababa-shuma-iddin
Zababa-šuma-iddinaWritten as mdZa-ba4-ba4-MU-AŠ.
See Zababa and Zababa-shuma-iddin
See also
Kish (Sumer)
- Bau (goddess)
- Gerald Reitlinger
- Gilgamesh and Aga
- Hegemonic stability theory
- Henri de Genouillac
- Henry Field (anthropologist)
- Herbert Weld Blundell
- Hymn to Enlil
- Kesh temple hymn
- Kish (Sumer)
- Sumer–Elam war
- Timewyrm: Genesys
- Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa
- Zababa
Tutelary gods
- Abgal (god)
- Abuelito Huenteao
- Aholi
- Ajax the Great
- Akongo
- Amun
- Apedemak
- Arvernus
- Bes
- Chemosh
- Dedun
- El (deity)
- Eshmun
- Horus
- Huītzilōpōchtli
- Ilaba
- Inshushinak
- Inti
- Itūr-Mēr
- Kammamma
- Kanglā shā
- Kartikeya
- Kataragama deviyo
- Lugal-Marada
- Lulal
- Maahes
- Mandulis
- Marduk
- Mars (mythology)
- Melqart
- Mongba Hanba
- Ninurta
- Pazuzu
- Quetzalcoatl
- Sebiumeker
- Shara (god)
- Soter (daimon)
- Toutatis
- Zababa
References
Also known as Ashtabi, Astabis, Zamama.