Kittu

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Kittu is a Mesopotamian deity associated with truth and justice, traditionally regarded as a child or attendant of the sun god Shamash.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kittu canonical 4

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian deity
deity of truth
appearsIn Akkadian prayers
Mesopotamian hymns
legal and divinatory texts
associatedWith justice
sun god Shamash
linked to: Shamash

truth
complementaryTo Mīšaru
culture Mesopotamian religion
describedAs attendant of Shamash
child of Shamash
epithetOf Shamash
function guarantor of truthful speech
upholder of just verdicts
gender male deity
languageOfName Akkadian
meaningOfName truth
oftenMentionedWith Mīšaru
parentOf Shamash
relatedConcept cosmic order
righteousness
role personification of truth
servedUnder Shamash
sphereOfInfluence divine justice
judicial decisions
legal order
oaths
worshippedIn Assyria
Babylonia
linked to: Babylon

ancient Mesopotamia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shamash children Kittu
Misharu relativeOf Kittu
Mesharu hasSibling Kittu
Mesharu associatedWith Kittu