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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

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

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

See also 337, 19; 338, 22. šalālu, plant, symbol of Ninurta, 336, 7.

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

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