Kutha

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Kutha was an ancient Mesopotamian city best known as the principal cult center of the underworld god Nergal.

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Kutha canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Mesopotamian city
archaeologicalSite Tell Ibrahim
associatedMyth Nergal and Ereshkigal
associatedWith underworld
coordinateLocation approximate
country Iraq
culture Babylonian culture
governedBy Babylonian rulers
linked to: King of Babylon
hasAlternativeName Cuthah
Kuta
Kutu
hasDeity Ereshkigal
Lamashtu
Nergal
hasFeature city walls
temple complex of E-Meslam
hasTemple E-Meslam
knownFor cult of Nergal
knownFrom Akkadian texts
Babylonian texts
cuneiform sources
languageUsed Akkadian
Sumerian
linked to: Sumerian language
locatedIn Babylonia
linked to: Babylon

Mesopotamia
mainTempleDedicatedTo Nergal
majorDeityWorshiped Nergal
mentionedIn Mesopotamian literary texts
cuneiform inscriptions
modernCountry Iraq
pantheonRole important cult center in Mesopotamian religion
partOf Babylonian kingdom
Mesopotamian urban network
periodOfFlourishing Neo-Babylonian period
Old Babylonian period
principalCultCenterOf Nergal
region central Mesopotamia
religion Mesopotamian religion
religiousFunction place of underworld rituals
religiousRole underworld cult center
religiousSignificance center of Nergal worship
subregion near Diyala region
timeDepth 1st millennium BCE
2nd millennium BCE
3rd millennium BCE
typeOfSettlement city

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