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    Dumuzid (redirect from Dumuzi)
    marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Dumuzid or Dumuzi or Tammuz (Sumerian: 𒌉𒍣, romanized: Dumuzid; Akkadian: Duʾūzu, Dûzu; Hebrew:...
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    her freedom. She selects Dumuzi, her spouse, who is abruptly transported to the Underworld. In response to the pleas of Dumuzi's sister, Geshtinanna, his...
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  • most contexts Dumuzi-abzu should not be confused with Dumuzi, the husband of Inanna, even though her name could be shortened to Dumuzi. It is nonetheless...
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    Mesopotamian goddess best known due to her role in myths about the death of Dumuzi, her brother. It is not certain what functions she fulfilled in the Mesopotamian...
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    attested tradition additionally regarded her as the mother of the dying god Dumuzi, indicating a degree of conflation with his usual mother Duttur. She could...
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  • Belili was a Mesopotamian goddess. This name refers both to a sister of Dumuzi known from some of the texts pertaining to his death, and to a primordial...
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    him. The galla then drag Dumuzi down to the underworld. Another text known as Dumuzi's Dream (ETCSL 1.4.3) describes Dumuzi's repeated attempts to evade...
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  • is best known from the poem Dumuzi and Enkimdu, but in laments he was instead connected with the god Martu, who like Dumuzi could be described and depicted...
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    of Inanna" was a corruption from the original reading of "the fisherman Dumuzi(d), the fisherman of Inanna(k)". However, this possibility cannot be conclusively...
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    underworld and sometimes war. He was commonly associated with snakes. Like Dumuzi, he was believed to spend a part of the year in the land of the dead. He...
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  • the myth Inanna and Bilulu, in which she is responsible for the death of Dumuzi. This event is subsequently avenged by Inanna, who turns Bilulu into a waterskin...
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    0° Aries Ram Κριός (Krios) Meṣa (मेष) MUL LU.ḪUN.GA "Agrarian Worker", Dumuzi 2 ♉︎︎ 30° Taurus Bull Ταῦρος (Tauros) Vṛṣabha (वृषभ) MULGU4.AN.NA "Divine...
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    Yarikh Mesopotamian Adad/Ishkur Amurru An/Anu Asarluhi Ashur Aya Belet Nagar Dumuzi Enki/Ea Enlil Ereshkigal Gibil Inanna/Ishtar Ishtaran Manungal Marduk Nabu...
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    the Sumerian goddess of fertility, and the king Shu-Sin would represent Dumuzi, the god of shepherds, on the eve of their union. Variants of the poem may...
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    the goddess Ishtar because of her mistreatment of previous lovers like Dumuzi. Ishtar becomes angry and denies Gilgamesh entry into E-Ana, interfering...
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    Yarikh Mesopotamian Adad/Ishkur Amurru An/Anu Asarluhi Ashur Aya Belet Nagar Dumuzi Enki/Ea Enlil Ereshkigal Gibil Inanna/Ishtar Ishtaran Manungal Marduk Nabu...
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    Tamuz 29 days Dumuzu Seventeenth of Tammuz Named for the Babylonian god Dumuzi 5 אָב ‎ ʼĀḇ Av Ab 30 days Abu Tisha B'Av Tu B'Av 6 אֱלוּל ‎ ʼĔlūl Elul 29...
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    creation figures from the Island of the Dead 2017-08-08 · WGPSN Dumuzi Fossa Dumuzi, Sumerian fertility god who replaced his wife Inanna in the underworld...
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    The god Dumuzi-ama-ušumgal-ana has declared 'It is a matter for me'. The god Gilgameš, son of the goddess Ninsun, has assigned him (Dumuzi) to me as...
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    JSTOR 213437. In NBC 11196 (5 NT 24, dated Shu-Sin 6), the 'abra's of Dumuzi, Ninkasi, and I'kur receive butter and cheese from the 'abra of Inanna,...
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    Yarikh Mesopotamian Adad/Ishkur Amurru An/Anu Asarluhi Ashur Aya Belet Nagar Dumuzi Enki/Ea Enlil Ereshkigal Gibil Inanna/Ishtar Ishtaran Manungal Marduk Nabu...
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    Ninurta Šulpae Minor deities Agasaya Anunnaki Asaruludu Ashnan Ashgi Bel Dumuzi-abzu Enbilulu Erra Erragal Gibil Hendursaga Igigi Isimud Išum Kajamanu Lahar...
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    and Hudson, ISBN 0-500-27048-1 Lung, Tang (2014), "Marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi", World History Encyclopedia Mahony, Patrick J. An Analysis of Shelley's...
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    Yarikh Mesopotamian Adad/Ishkur Amurru An/Anu Asarluhi Ashur Aya Belet Nagar Dumuzi Enki/Ea Enlil Ereshkigal Gibil Inanna/Ishtar Ishtaran Manungal Marduk Nabu...
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    Yarikh Mesopotamian Adad/Ishkur Amurru An/Anu Asarluhi Ashur Aya Belet Nagar Dumuzi Enki/Ea Enlil Ereshkigal Gibil Inanna/Ishtar Ishtaran Manungal Marduk Nabu...
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    Yarikh Mesopotamian Adad/Ishkur Amurru An/Anu Asarluhi Ashur Aya Belet Nagar Dumuzi Enki/Ea Enlil Ereshkigal Gibil Inanna/Ishtar Ishtaran Manungal Marduk Nabu...
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  • the Weidner god list, Duttur is placed near Ereshkigal, rather than with Dumuzi in the circle of Inanna. Dina Katz proposes that this placement was a nod...
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    surprise attack conducted from Dēr during the hottest of the summer months, Dumuzi, when the axes (held in the hand) burned like fire and the road-surfaces...
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    Akkadian seal depicting an agricultural scene. Louvre Museum Summer God and Dumuzi. Louvre Museum Ea wrestling with a water buffalo, and bull-man Enkidu fighting...
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    Ninurta Šulpae Minor deities Agasaya Anunnaki Asaruludu Ashnan Ashgi Bel Dumuzi-abzu Enbilulu Erra Erragal Gibil Hendursaga Igigi Isimud Išum Kajamanu Lahar...
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