Lakupittu
deity underworld Mesopotamian single tradition · 2
Lakupittu is an otherwise unknown goddess and likely the tutelary deity of Lagaba near Kutha. She is an underworld deity worshiped in Isin.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -1595
- Historical notes
- Attested from Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian period.
Relationships
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Andrew R. George notes that the worship of Ugur in the latter of these cities most likely reflects the well attested presence of cults of underworld deities in it, with other examples including Nergal, Ningishzida and the otherwise unknown goddess Lakupittu who according to him was likely the tutelary deity of Lagaba near Kutha.”
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“an otherwise unknown but most likely chthonic goddess, Lakupittu, who according to Andrew R. George was likely the tutelary deity of Lagaba near Kutha.”
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