Nusku
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Apart from the formal lists of gods drawn up by Sargon and his successors, Shalmaneser II. and Ashurbanabal are the only kings who make special mention of Nusku.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
Nippur and Eridu, 508; replaced by Babylon, 542; zikkurat at N., 617; worship of Ninib, 635; worship of Nusku, 635; votive objects, 671-3.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
In these great temples sacred to Marduk and Nebo, there were shrines to Sarpanitum, Tashmitum, Nusku, Ea and others, which also engaged the energies of the rulers.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
Ea's position, like that of Nusku, was too marked in the magical texts to encourage a conception of them entirely independent of their power to release victims from the grasp of the demons.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
That Nusku had originally been an independent deity was, however, never forgotten.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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