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Zababa

Zababa (𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷, dza-ba4-ba4, /ˈzɑːbɑːbɑː/) was a Mesopotamian god. He was the tutelary deity of the city of Kish and was regarded as a god of war. He was initially seen as a son of Enlil, though in Assyria during the reign of Sennacherib, he started to be viewed as a son of Ashur instead. The goddess Bau came to be viewed as his wife after her introduction…

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Animals
eagle
Hittite
Wurunkatte, Šulinkatte
Hurrian
Ḫešui, Aštabi
Major cult center
Kish
Parents
Enlil or Ashur (father)
Spouse
Bau

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Zababa

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Identification with foreign war gods · 37
Zababa → According, Akkadogram, Alfonso Archi Aštabi's, Alice Mouton, An, Anum, Aštabi, Aštapinu, BA4, Babylon, Elamite, First Dynasty, Gernot Wilhelm, Hattian, He, Hittite, However, Hurrian, Hurrian Aštabi, In Bronze Age Anatolia
related to Family and court · 35
Zababa → An, Anum, Ashur, Ashur's, Assur, Assyrian, Assyrian Enlil, Babylonian, Bau, Enlil, Enlil's, Examples, From, In, In Assyria, Lambert, Lament, Middle Babylonian, Nergal, Ningirsu
related to First millennium BCE · 33
Zababa → Adad, Anu, Arbela, Ashur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrian, At, Bau, BCE, Ea, Eleanor Robson, Enlil, Ešarra, Gula, Harran, However, Huzirina, Isin, It
related to Identification with other Mesopotamian deities · 24
Zababa → Allen, Anzû, Archive, Beate Pongratz-Leisten, BM, Bulluṭsa-rabi's Hymn, Epic, Gula, However, III, In, In Zababa's, KAR, Marduk, Mystic Heptads, Ninurta, Ninurta Zababa, Ninurta's, Ninurtas, Sometimes
related to Mythology · 24
Zababa → Akkadian Empire, Anatolia, Annunitum, Apishal, Early Dynastic, Enlil, For, Furthermore, GAL, However, Ilaba, In, Kish, Kish Ur-Zababa, Naram-Sin's, Nippur, NUN, Possibly, Purushanda, Sargon
related to Name · 15
Zababa → According, Akkadian, Akkadians, Alala, Bunene, Explanatory, Gebhard, Gonzalo Rubio, However, In Early Dynastic, Piotr Steinkeller, Selz, Semitic, Sumerian, Zababa's
related to Character · 13
Zababa → Babylon, Babylon Zababa, Hammurabi, His, However, In, Kish, Nergal, Ninurta, On, The, Walther Sallaberger, Zababa's
related to Third millennium BCE · 10
Zababa → Based, BCE, Early Dynastic, Early Dynastic II, Edubba, Emeteursag, It, Kish, Later, Sumerian
related to External links · 2
Zababa → Ancient Mesopotamian Gods, Goddesses
Animals · 1
Zababa → eagle

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kish temple period zababa's god name babylon also texts babylonian bau attested known however reign early deities city enlil according

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ZababaAnimalseagle1.00infobox
ZababaHittiteWurunkatte, Šulinkatte1.00infobox
ZababaHurrianḪešui, Aštabi1.00infobox
ZababaMajor cult centerKish1.00infobox
ZababaParentsEnlil or Ashur (father)1.00infobox
ZababaSpouseBau1.00infobox
Zababais aDestroyer of his Foes0.90text
Zababalocated inTibira0.90text
Urashinstance ofand in texts known from late copies0.80text
Mardukinstance ofand in texts known from late copies0.80text
Enmesharra's Defeatinstance ofand in texts known from late copies0.80text
Alala or Buneneinstance ofand can be compared with other structurally similar theonyms0.80text

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