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Gibil

Gibil (𒀭𒉈𒄀), also known under the Akkadian name Girra, was a Mesopotamian god associated with fire, both in its positive and negative aspects. He also played a role in ritual purification. Textual sources indicate his symbol was a torch, though no representations of him have been identified in Mesopotamian art. Multiple genealogies could be assigned to…

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Abode
Irigal
Major cult center
Shuruppak, Eridu (disputed), Nippur
Other names
Girra, Mubarra
Spouse
Ninirigal
Symbol
torch

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Gibil

Nodes105
Edges104
Triples187
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019048
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related to Names · 42
Gibil → Additional, Akkadian, An, Anthony Green, Anum, Assyrian, Assyriological, BAR, BCE, Early Dynastic, Erra, Gebhard, GI, Girra, Gišbar, Gišbarra, II, In Emesal, Instances, Jan Lisman
related to Worship · 30
Gibil → Abu Salabikh, Additionally, An, BCE, Early Dynastic Shuruppak, Enlil, Eridu, Fara, GI, Gibil's, However, Jan Lisman, Jeremiah Peterson, Julia Krul, Kullaba, Manfred Krebernik, Mesopotamian, Most, NE, Ninirigal
related to The Gibil imgida · 27
Gibil → AB, AB-gal, AB-gunû, An, Another, As, Due, Ekur, Enlil, GAL, Gibil's, He, Inanna, IRI-GAL, Irigal, It, Jeremiah Peterson, Nanna, Ninirigal, Old Babylonian Nippur
related to Family and court · 24
Gibil → Abzu, According, An, Anu, Anum, BM, Enlil, Eridu, Furthermore, II, Ishkur's, It, Maqlû, Nablum, Nimgir, Ninirigal, Nuska, Old Babylonian Akkadian, Piotr Michalowski, References
related to Other associations · 24
Gibil → Abu, Akkadian, Andrew, Anu, As, Enlil, George, He, However, Jeremiah Peterson, Maqlû, Mesopotamian, Nazi-Maruttash, Nippur, Nuska, Old Babylonian, Piotr Michalowski, Sadarnunna, Shamash, Sippar
related to Other literary texts · 16
Gibil → Adad, Anzû, As, Destiny, Ebiḫ, Epic, Girra, He, In, Inanna, Lament, Nili Samet, Shara, Sumer, Tablets, Ur
related to Character · 7
Gibil → As, Gibil's, He, However, It, Maqlû, While
Abode · 1
Gibil → Irigal
Major cult center · 1
Gibil → Shuruppak, Eridu (disputed), Nippur
Other names · 1
Gibil → Girra, Mubarra

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also god girra texts fire period attested names could associated nuska text nippur old name sources though akkadian deity babylonian

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GibilAbodeIrigal1.00infobox
GibilMajor cult centerShuruppak, Eridu (disputed), Nippur1.00infobox
GibilOther namesGirra, Mubarra1.00infobox
GibilSpouseNinirigal1.00infobox
GibilSymboltorch1.00infobox
Gibilis aforty sixth of the names bestowed upon Marduk after the defeat of Tiamat0.90text
Shamashinstance ofHe was also frequently associated with deities0.80text
Nuskainstance ofHe was also frequently associated with deities0.80text
Kusuinstance ofHe was also frequently associated with deities0.80text
Assyrian copies of the Weidner god list indicating they were used interchangeably to refer to one figureinstance ofwith later sources0.80text
Ur-Gišbar-izipae from the Ur III periodinstance ofattested in theophoric names0.80text
later conflated with Gibil.In Emesal textsinstance ofattested in theophoric names0.80text

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