In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Sumerogram ZU is used to spell the name of god Ninazu, (a name of god Tammuz, two times, Chapter XII, 28, 47). In the Epic, ZU
Underworld, is ruled by the goddess Ereshkigal and her consort Nergal or Ninazu. Ghosts spent some time traveling to the netherworld, often having to overcome
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fifth day he set up camp (?) at the shrine at Ili-tappê. He captured Ur-Ninazu and Nabi-Enlil, generals of Tirigan sent as envoys to Sumer, and put them
twenty-ninth day, as a contribution, Abbasbagga [receiv]ed. Month Kisig-Ninazu, year when the great high priest of Anna appointed the priest of Nannar"
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without success. In records written in Sumerian the temple is dedicated to Ninazu while those in Akkadian refer to Tishpak. Despite the length of time since
On the fifth day he set up ... in the shrine Ili-tappe. He captured Ur-Ninazu (and) Nabi-Enlil, generals whom he (Tirigan) had sent as envoys to the land
Eisenbrauns. ISBN 0-931464-80-3. OCLC 27813103. Kobayashi, Toshiko (1992). "On Ninazu, as Seen in the Economic Texts of the Early Dynastic Lagaš". Orient. 28