Gibil/Girra

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Gibil/Girra is a fire god. A location associated with Gibil, which in one text is stated to be the place of his birth, was written the same way as the element irigal in Ninirigal's name, AB-gal.

When

First attested: 1800 BCE
Attested period: -1800 – -1600
Historical notes: Associated with Old Babylonian god list.

Relationships

co occurs with: Sud, Gula/Meme, Bau, Ninirigal, Nunbaranna
syncretized with: Nunbaruna

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Mentioned by

Bau
Ninirigal
Nunbaranna

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Ninirigal

Source passages

“The same list equates him and a variant spelling of his name, Nunbaruna, with Gibil/Girra and assigns this deity to Ninrigal as her husband. Based on the use of the name Nunbaranna in incantations it has been suggested that he was simply an epithet of the fire god.”
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