Zababa

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Zababa is an ancient Mesopotamian war god particularly venerated in the city of Kish.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Zababa canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian god
war god
animalSymbol eagle
lion
associatedCity Kish
associatedWith Ishtar
linked to: Inanna

Nergal
Ninurta
consort Ishtar of Kish
linked to: Inanna
cultImage armed warrior
cultTitle god of Kish
warrior god
epithet mighty warrior
strong hero
equatedWith Ninurta
gender male deity
hasTempleIn Kish
hasTempleType ziqqurat-temple complex
languageOfName Akkadian
majorCultCenter Kish
mentionedIn Akkadian royal inscriptions
Old Babylonian texts
royal inscriptions from Kish
mythologicalRole participant in royal military ideology
patronOf city of Kish
kings of Kish
region southern Mesopotamia
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia
role city god of Kish
divine warrior
protector of kings
sphereOfInfluence military power
royal protection
war
spouse Ishtar of Kish
linked to: Inanna
typeOfDeity city god
warrior deity
veneratedBy Akkadians
Assyrians
Babylonians
weapon mace
spear
worshippedIn Akkad
Mesopotamia
Sumer
worshipPeriod Akkadian period
Early Dynastic period
Old Babylonian period
first millennium BCE

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Referenced by (7)

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

Kish primaryDeity Zababa
Sud associatedWithDeity Zababa
Temple of Zababa dedicatedTo Zababa
subject linked to: temple of Zababa
Temple of Zababa worshippedDeity Zababa
subject linked to: temple of Zababa