Lugaldukuga

deity single tradition · 3

Lugaldukuga is a deity to whom offering bread is prescribed on the 29th of Tašrītu, an autumn month. The latter source specifically refers to a funerary offering made in Tašrītu, and lists Lugaldukuga alongside the pair Enki and Ninki as its recipient.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – -1
Historical notes
A Middle Assyrian text prescribes offering bread to Lugaldukuga, Enki, Enmešarra and the West Wind on the 29th of Tašrītu.

Relationships

parent of
Enlil
syncretized with
Alala

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Sources

Source passages

“A Middle Assyrian text, the so-called "Offering Bread Hemerology", prescribes offering bread to Lugaldukuga, Enki, Enmešarra and the West Wind on the 29th of Tašrītu, an autumn month.”

#14826 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“A late text equates Alala with two other primordial figures, Enmesharra and Lugaldukuga. Lugaldukuga was regarded as the father or grandfather of Enlil in some traditions, while Enmesharra was a god listed alongside his ancestors but usually not explicitly identified as one of them.”

#38735 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Another mentions the mourning rites of Enmesharra, Lugaldukuga and Tammuz side by side, stating that each of these festivals took place in a different month.”

#38927 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001