Babbar

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Babbar is an alternative name for Utu, the ancient Mesopotamian sun god associated with justice, truth, and divine judgment.

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Babbar canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian deity
sun god
appearsIn Akkadian mythology
Sumerian mythology
linked to: Sumerian religion
associatedWith divine judgment
justice
truth
equivalentTo Shamash
hasAlternativeName Utu
hasAttribute legal authority
light
righteousness
hasCultCenter Larsa
Sippar
hasCulture Mesopotamian religion
hasDomain sun
hasFunction guardian of legal procedures
overseer of oaths
hasGender male deity
hasParent Nanna
Ningal
hasRole judge of gods and humans
protector of justice
upholder of truth
hasSphereOfInfluence daylight
law courts
royal justice
hasSymbol rays of the sun
sun disk
hasTimePeriod 2nd millennium BCE
3rd millennium BCE
worshipedIn Mesopotamia
Sumer

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Utu alsoKnownAs Babbar