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Ninurta

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[ni-noor-tah] / nɪˈnʊər tɑ /

noun

  1. a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.


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No. 18 belongs to a Ninurta series the addresses therein are much more extensive.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon

As fire god he is messenger of Enlil.541.Papsukal, messenger of Zamama, god of Kiš, a form of Ninurta.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon

E-šumera, temple of Ninurta in Nippur, 328, 6; 342, 13.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon

Hittite 7509.494.Cf. the first melody of the Ninurta series gū-ud nim kur-ra; see SBP.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon

II 15, gypsum is Ninurta, the god of war, primarily a god of light.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon

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