Lugaldukuga
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
- co occurs with
- Enul, Ninul, Qingu, Ubnu, Namzitara, Urash, Ki, Belili, Enmesharra, Enki, Anu, Ninlil, Ninki, Ninurta, Anzû, Gula, Tammuz, Enbilulu
- parent of
- Enlil
- syncretized with
- Alala
Mentioned by
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