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Zababa

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Zababa was a local war god in Kish. He is known as the spouse of Bau from the Old Babylonian period onward. An early reference to Bau and Zababa as a couple is known from the Lament for Sumer and Ur.

↻ synthesized from 9 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 0
Historical notes
Attested from the Old Babylonian period onward.

Relationships

sibling of
Kubaba, Alala, Aruru, Belili, Ningirsu
co occurs with
Ḫegir, Lammašaga, Gula, Lamma-Bau, Pabilsag, Nanshe, Shullat, Hanish, Asalluhi, Ea, Zarpanitum, Ninmah, Abu, Nanna, Ninazu, Ig-alima, Šul-šagana, Enbilulu, Urnunta-ea, Ningishzida, Ḫegirnuna, Zazaru, IM-pa'e, Ḫesaga, Zurmu, Zarmu, Ninsar, Ninisina, Ninlil, Ugur, Enmesharra, Inanna of Kish, Ninnibru, Nupatik, Papsukkal, Urash, Nabu, Sebitti, Erimbinatuku, Kubabat, Shara, Annunitum, Inanna, Ninhursag, An, Anu, Shamash, Sin, Dagan, Adad
allied with
Ilaba, Bau, Nergal, Nanaya, Lases, Nabu, Mamitu, Sutītu, Marduk, Zarpanitu, Ištar
consort of
Bau, Ishtar of Kish
parent of
Iqbi-damiq, Ḫussinni, Kūbu
syncretized with
Ḫešui, Ninurta
child of
Enlil, Ashur
served by
Papsukkal, Iqbi-damiq, Ḫussinni, Kūbu, Udulu, Mandanu, Luḫušû, Igalim, Shulshaga, Šaggāšu, Kami-tāmûšu, Muštēšir-ḫabli, Kakku-Šazu, Kakku-SAĞ.NINNU, Sharur, Shargaz
has aspect
Udulu, Wurunkatte, Šulinkatte, Aštabi, Ḫešui, Iyarri, Nabbazabba

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Sources

wikipedia (9)
  1. Kubaba (goddess)
  2. Bau (goddess)
  3. Ilaba
  4. Marduk
  5. Ningirsu
  6. Ninurta
  7. Zababa
  8. Mamitu
  9. Enmesharra

Source passages

“Gonzalo Rubio additionally states that Kubaba's name has no clear Sumerian etymology either, and due to this theonym's structure compares it to names such as Alala, Aruru, Belili or Zababa.”

#9807 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“An inscription from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II mentions the rebuilding of the local temple Edubba for both the city god, Zababa, and for Bau. A cella dedicated to her bore the name Egalgasu, which originally referred to her shrine in Girsu.”

#10927 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Ilaba is also attested in various god lists, including the Nippur god list, An = Anum and the Weidner god list, where he appears after Zababa. Due to textual corruption, copies from Emar and Ugarit treat Ilaba and the deity DINGIR.A.BA4.BA4 who follows him as goddesses”

#11736 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“This is also expressed in inscriptions from Hammurabi's successor Samsu-iluna, expressing that he receives Enlil's orders through the other gods, such as Ishtar, Zababa, Shamash and Marduk.”

#11993 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Bau was worshipped "almost exclusively in Lagash" and was sometimes alternately identified as the wife of the god Zababa.”

#12115 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001