Papsukkal
deity intermediate Mesopotamian single tradition · 3
The Akkadians associated the god Papsukkal with a lamassu and the god Išum with shedu.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Associated with lamassu.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Išum, Ninlil, Ashur, Inanna of Kish, Ninnibru, Shuzianna, Namšara, Sebitti, Urash, Nabu, Erimbinatuku, shedu, Ninurta, Enlil, Nergal, Bau, Ningirsu, Ugur, Ninisina, Pabilsag, Marduk, Anzû, Išḫara, Shamash, Sin, Dagan, Adad
- serves
- Zababa
- served by
- lamassu
- child of
- Anu, Enmesharra
Mentioned by
- shedu
- Ninurta
- Enlil
- Nergal
- Bau
- Ningirsu
- Ugur
- Ninisina
- Pabilsag
- Marduk
- Anzû
- Išḫara
- Shamash
- Sin
- Dagan
- Adad
and 3 more
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“The Akkadians associated the god Papsukkal with a lamassu and the god Išum with shedu.”
#11100 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to An = Anum, Papsukkal was regarded as Zababa's vizier...Frans Wiggermann argues that while late sources refer to him as a son of Anu and descendant of Enmesharra, he might have originally been viewed as Zababa's son.”
#34081 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“He also assumes that the fact one of the objects in mention was a staff might be why Papsukkal was described on one occasion as "son of Anu, offspring of Enmesharra."”
#38909 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001