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Nergal

Nergal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒄊𒀕𒃲 dKIŠ.UNU or dGÌR.UNU.GAL; Hebrew: נֵרְגַל, Modern: Nerəgal, Tiberian: Nērəgal; Aramaic: ܢܸܪܓܲܠ; 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.…

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Abode
Kur (the Mesopotamian underworld)
Akkadian
Erra
Children
Tadmushtum
Consort
Laṣ (most commonly) · Mammitum (in Nippur and in Epic of Erra) · Admu (in Mari) · Ereshkigal (in the myth Nergal and Ereshkigal) · Ninshubur (in Girsu in the third millennium BCE)
Eblaite and Ugaritic
Resheph
Elamite
Simut

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Nergal

Nodes256
Edges255
Triples457
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007813
Components1

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Nergal

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related to Worship · 57
Nergal → Akkad, Akkadian, AM, Andrew, ANki, Apak, Apiak, Apil-Sin, Ashurbanipal, Assyria, Assyrian, At, Babylon, BCE, E-Meslam, E-ḫuškia, George, Geshtinanna, Gudea's, Hammurabi
related to IGI.DU · 35
Nergal → According, Akkadian, Alammuš, An, Anum, Assyrian, Authors, Beaulieu, DU, Elamite, Frans Wiggermann, Great Twins, GUR, However, Igišta, It, Julia Krul, Krul, Little Twins, Lugal-irra
related to Foreign deities · 34
Nergal → According, Additionally, Alfonso Archi, Aštabi, BCE, Dagan, Documents, Ea, Ebla, Eblaite, Emar, Enlil, Euphrates, Furthermore, Gernot Wilhelm, Hayya, He, Hurrian, It, KI
related to Erra · 24
Nergal → Akkadian, Akkadian Empire, An, Anum, Despite, Ea, Enki, Epic, Ereshkigal, Erra, Erra's, From, However, Inanna, Ishtar, Lugal-irra, Nergal's, Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Semitic
related to Wives and children · 22
Nergal → Assyrian, Babylonian, Based, Bau, Couples, Her, Kassite, Kutha, Lambert, Laṣ, Mesopotamian, Multiple, Nergal's, Ninisina, Pabilsag, Semitic, She, Ur III, Weidner, While Frans Wiggermann
related to Meslamtaea and related logograms · 21
Nergal → Alashiya, Amarna, As, BA, Due, Ereshkigal, However, Ibbi-Sin, It, Lower Mesopotamia, Lugalirra, MAŠ, Meslam, Meslamtaea, Mesopotamian, Neo-Assyrian, Nergal's, Ninazu, Resheph, TAB
related to Other names and epithets · 21
Nergal → An, Anum, Anšar, Babylonian, Dina Katz, Early Dynastic, For, Frans Wiggermann, Guanungia, However, Hurrian, Inanna, Lord, Lugal-asal, Lugal-gišimmar, Lugal-silimma, Lugal-zulumma, Lugal-šinig, Nergal's, Ninurta
related to Servants · 20
Nergal → After, Ereshkigal, Ereshkigal's, Etana, Gilgamesh, Hedimmeku, His, Hushbisha, In, Ishum, Namtar, Namtar's, Nergal's, Ninazu, Ningishzida, Ninshubur, Old Babylonian, Sebitti, Sporadically Inanna's, Ugur
related to Character · 19
Nergal → According, As, Early Dynastic Zame Hymns, Enki, Enki-Ninki, Enlil, Enlil-banda, Epic, Erra, Fragments, Frans Wiggermann, He, In, Ishme-Dagan, Kutha, Lugal-silimma, Nergal's, Ninlil, Old Babylonian
related to Names and epithets · 19
Nergal → Akkad, Aramaic, GAL, GÌR, Hebrew, KIŠ, Kutha, Masoretic Text, Naram-Sin, Nergal's, Nuzi, Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian Tell Leilan, Old Babylonian, Phonetic, Since, Sumerian, The, UNU

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god also name nergal's period underworld associated known deities akkadian ereshkigal attested erra one mesopotamian deity names gods kutha babylonian

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NergalAbodeKur (the Mesopotamian underworld)1.00infobox
NergalAkkadianErra1.00infobox
NergalChildrenTadmushtum1.00infobox
NergalConsortLaṣ (most commonly)1.00infobox
NergalConsortMammitum (in Nippur and in Epic of Erra)1.00infobox
NergalConsortAdmu (in Mari)1.00infobox
NergalConsortEreshkigal (in the myth Nergal and Ereshkigal)1.00infobox
NergalConsortNinshubur (in Girsu in the third millennium BCE)1.00infobox
NergalEblaite and UgariticResheph1.00infobox
NergalElamiteSimut1.00infobox
NergalMajor cult centerKutha1.00infobox
NergalMandaeanNirig1.00infobox
NergalNumber141.00infobox
NergalParentsEnlil and Ninlil1.00infobox
NergalPlanetMars1.00infobox
NergalSiblingsNanna, Ninazu, Enbilulu (in the myth Enlil and Ninlil)1.00infobox
NergalSouthern MesopotamianNinazu1.00infobox
NergalSymbollion-headed mace, sword, lion, bull, possibly chameleon1.00infobox

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