Mesopotamian Protective Spirits
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Text I – pp. 1-40
p. 6 & 7 evil supernaturals
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l. |
supernatural |
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1 |
UDUG HUL ‘evil spirit’ |
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A.LA’ HUL ‘evil alu^’ |
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GIDIM HUL ‘evil ghost’ |
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2 |
GAL5.LA’ HUL ‘evil constable’ |
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DINGIR HUL ‘evil god’ |
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MAS^KIM HUL ‘evil deputy |
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3 |
Lamas^tu |
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Labas.u |
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ah^-h^a-zu ‘robber’ |
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4 |
LI’L.LA’ (Lilu^) |
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MUNUS. LI’L.LA’ (Lili^tu) |
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KI.SIKIL.UD.DA.KAR.RA (handmaid-of-Lilu^) |
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5 |
S^U.DINGIR.RA (‘Hand of god’) |
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S^U.dINANNA (‘Hand of goddess’) |
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AN.TA.S^UB.BA (‘Heaven-from fallen’) |
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6 |
dLUGAL.U`R.RA |
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dLUGAL.AMAS^.PA.E` |
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7 |
dNAM.TAR (‘Fate’) |
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SAG.HUL.HA.ZA (‘Supporter of evil’) |
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mu-tu (‘Death’) |
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8 |
kib-bu (‘Burning’) |
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h^i-in-t.u (‘Scorching’) |
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ka`-til-lu |
pp. 8 & 9, ll. 49-65 protective deities : the colors of their uniforms, and their names
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color |
name |
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1st |
red |
day of life, offspring of UNUG (Uruk) |
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2nd |
white |
day of plenty, son of EN.LI’L (as god of Nippur) |
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3rd |
white with black |
day of splendor, who grew up in Eri-du`g |
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4th |
black |
good day, who appeared in Kul-lab |
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5th |
yellow |
fair-faced day, brought up in Ki-si (Kes^) |
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6th |
blue |
righteous day, exalted judge of La-gas^ |
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7th |
orange |
day that gives life to the slain, shade of S^u-rup-pa-ak |
pp. 16-19 sequence of deities
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p. |
l. |
deity |
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16 |
211 |
dE’.A |
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dUTU |
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dASAL.LU.HI (Marduk) |
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240 |
dA-nim |
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dBE |
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dE’.A |
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MAS^ (Ninurta) |
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18 |
269 |
dLUGAL.GI`R.RA |
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290 |
dMES.LAM.TA.E`.A |
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292 |
dMAS^.TAB.BA |
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Text II – pp. 41-104
pp. 54-55 Sumerian color-terms
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p. |
meaning |
Sumerian |
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54 |
red |
SA5 |
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white |
BABBAR |
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black |
GI6 |
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dark |
SIG7.SIG7 |
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55 |
orange |
KAL.GUG |
pp. 60-62 Akkadian weapon-terms
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p. |
meaning |
Akkadian |
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60 |
hatchet |
qulmu^ |
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cornel (cudgel) |
e>ru |
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mace |
kakku |
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dagger |
patru |
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axe |
has.innu |
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61 |
stone-headed mace |
h^utpalu^ |
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battle-axe |
zah^at.u^ |
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curved staff |
gamlum |
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62 |
disk |
niph^u |
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crescent |
uskaru |
pp. 86-87 Akkadian terms for implements held by deities
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p. |
implement |
held by deity __ |
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86 |
marru ‘spade’ |
lah^mu |
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pas^tu ‘crescent-axe’ |
"held by the bas^mu in its mouth" |
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uskaru ‘crescent’ |
uridimmu |
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bandudu^ ‘bucket’ |
kusarikku [or else urmah^lullu^ (p. 87)] |
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87 |
e>ru ‘cornel’ |
suh^urmas^u |
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Text III – pp. 105-118
B pp. 110-112 list of deities
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p. |
l. |
deity |
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110 |
13c |
harpress-goddess dNa-ru-di |
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13e |
dMES.LAM.TA.E`.A |
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13f |
dU.GUR |
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13g |
dI-s^um "the great herald" |
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111 |
13k |
Lulal |
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Latarak |
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13l |
Ea |
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Marduk |
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13m |
"bull-eared god" Ensimah |
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13n |
goddess "Is^tar in the window" |
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13o |
"Gula the great chief physician" |
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14x |
"Urgula sits with his dogs" |
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112 |
17x |
n u – s i g a "the good lamp" (Nuska) |
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Text V – pp. 131-140
p. 135 woods of statues of animal-deities
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ii` |
deity |
wood |
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7` |
? |
tamarisk |
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Lion |
pine |
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8` |
Mad-Lion |
cedar |
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Viper |
juniper |
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VII. "Inventory of monsters"
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p. |
pure Sumerian |
Sumerian form of Akkadian word |
Akkadian |
meaning in Akkadian |
identity |
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.1. |
164-5 |
l a h a m a |
lah^mu |
‘hairy’ |
naked hero |
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.2. |
166-7 |
u s^ u m |
bas^mu |
‘venomous snake’ |
horned snake with forelegs |
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.3. |
168 |
u4 (lion-headed dragon) |
m u s^ - h u s^ |
mus^hus^s^u |
‘furious snake’ |
snake-dragon |
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.4. |
169-70 |
u4 – g a l ‘day big’ |
umu rabu^ |
‘weather big’ |
lion-headed man |
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.4.b |
170 |
Petu^ |
lion-head, human hands, bird-claws |
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.5. |
172-3 |
u r – i d i m ‘hound wild’ |
‘mad lion’ |
human-headed lion |
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.6. |
174-5 |
a l i m |
kusarikku |
‘bison’ |
bison-man |
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.7. |
180 |
g i’ r –t a b ‘scorpion’ |
scorpion-man |
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.8. |
181 |
u r – m a h ‘lion’ |
lion-centaur |
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.9. |
182-3 |
KU6.LU’.U`LU |
fish-centaur, human-headed fish |
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.9.c |
182 |
Ku-li-li / Ki-li-li |
kuliltu |
fish-woman |
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.10. |
184 |
s u h u r – m a s^ / m a’ s^ |
‘carp-goat’ |
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.11. |
187 |
A n z u d |
lion-headed eagle |
various divine, or divinely-associated, animals
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p. |
animal |
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.3.d |
168 |
"the mus^h^s^s^u originally serves the underworld god Ninazu, the king of the snakes ... . ... Eshnunna ... takes ... |
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169 |
Tishpak’s victory over the ... monster of his predecessor". |
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.4.c |
171 |
Old Akkadian "lion-demon is adversary of the Sun god ..., or an associate of Adad" |
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.5.a |
172-3 |
"u r – i d i m ... denoted ... in Akkadian ... zibu, ‘jackal’ " |
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176, n. 10 |
"human-faced bisons ... dedicated to Utu" |
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.7.d |
180 |
"girtablullu^ ... is accompanied by his wife ... . Together they guard the gate of mount Mas^u ("Twin") and watch over the rising and setting of the sun." |
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.9.c |
182 |
kulilu ‘dragonfly’ {with this Akkadian phonetic similarity of ‘carp’ with ‘dragonfly’, cf. the Chinese belief that carp transform themselves into dragons} |
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.10.d |
184 |
"Carp-Goat" : "Piriggalabzu, the sage of Adab, hangs his seal on it, ... and gets killed (by a fuller) with the (same?) seal in consequence." |
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.11.a |
185 |
"The lion-dragon is Adad’s mount ... u4 ..., "weather-beast"". |
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u4 – k a – d u h – h a / umu na>iru "weather-beast-with-opened mouth / roaring weather-beast" |
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CUNEIFORM MONOGRAPHS, I = F. A. M. Wiggermann : Mesopotamian Protective Spirits. Styx & PP Publications, Groningen, 1992.