Nuska

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Nuska is a Mesopotamian god of fire and light, often serving as a divine vizier and attendant to major deities in the Sumerian and Akkadian pantheons.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nuska canonical 3
Nusku 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian god
deity
associatedWith Enlil
fire
fire rituals
lamps
light
protection
purification
cosmicRole bearer of the gods’ messages
mediator of divine commands
cultCenter Harran
Nippur
culture Mesopotamian religion
domain domestic fire
night light
epithet faithful vizier
lord of the night light
familyRelation attendant of Sin
servant of Enlil
function intermediary between gods and humans
gender male deity
languageOfName Akkadian
Sumerian
linked to: Sumerian language
mentionedIn Akkadian prayers
Mesopotamian incantation texts
pantheon Akkadian pantheon
Sumerian pantheon
linked to: Sumerian religion
ritualRole invoked in incantations
invoked in protective rituals
role attendant deity
divine vizier
servedAs vizier of Enlil
vizier of major gods
symbol flame
lamp
typeOfFireDeity domestic and ritual fire god
worshipPeriod Neo-Assyrian period
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire

Neo-Babylonian period
Old Babylonian period
worshipRegion Akkad
Assyria
Babylonia
linked to: Babylon

Sumer

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anu parentOf Nusku
linked to: Nuska
Ekur associatedDeity Nuska
Ninlil parentOf Nuska