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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ