Bitu
deity underworld Ur III single tradition · 2
Bitu was the underworld gatekeeper who received offerings of sacrificial animals in funerary rites for king Shu-Sin during the Ur III period.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 1982
- Historical notes
- Served as underworld gatekeeper during the Ur III period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Amar-Sin, Ningirida, Ninazimua, Ipte-Bitam, Shamash, Inanna, Allatum, Belet-Šuḫnir, Bau, Ninshubur, Ninsun, Geshtinanna, Haya, Ninazu, Meslamtaea, Alammuš, Ninurima, Alla, Ninpumuna, Urash
- serves
- Ereshkigal
- allied with
- Gilgamesh, Ningishzida, Nam-tar, Etana
Mentioned by
- Shamash
- Inanna
- Allatum
- Belet-Šuḫnir
- Bau
- Ninshubur
- Ninsun
- Geshtinanna
- Haya
- Ninazu
- Meslamtaea
- Alammuš
- Ninurima
- Alla
- Ninpumuna
- Urash
and 4 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“she received an offering of sacrificial animals alongside deities such as...Gilgamesh, the underworld gatekeeper Bitu, the deified king Amar-Sin”
#37194 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In Inanna's Descent, Bitu announces the arrival of the eponymous goddess in the land of the dead to his mistress, Ereshkigal. He is also tasked with telling Inanna to remove various articles of clothing while she enters through the seven gates of the underworld.”
#39180 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001