Cuthah

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Cuthah was an ancient Mesopotamian city best known as the principal cult center of the underworld god Nergal.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cuthah canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Mesopotamian city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalRemainsInclude cuneiform tablets ⓘ
inscribed bricks ⓘ
temple ruins ⓘ
associatedWith death ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
coordinateRoleInMythology gateway to the underworld ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
culture Akkadian ⓘ
Babylonian ⓘ
deityTypeVenerated plague god ⓘ
war god ⓘ
excavatedBy Hormuzd Rassam ⓘ
excavationCentury 19th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kutha ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Kutu ⓘ
hasBiblicalEthnonym Cuthites ⓘ
hasTemple E-meslam ⓘ
linked to: E-Meslam
historicalEra Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
knownFor association with the underworld ⓘ
cult of Nergal ⓘ
languageUsed Akkadian ⓘ
locatedIn Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Mesopotamia ⓘ
mainTempleDedicatedTo Nergal ⓘ
majorDeityWorshiped Nergal ⓘ
mentionedIn 2 Kings 17:24 ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

cuneiform texts ⓘ
near Babylon ⓘ
modern Tell Ibrahim ⓘ
partOf ancient Near East ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing Neo-Babylonian period ⓘ
Old Babylonian period ⓘ
politicalEntityDuringAntiquity Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
principalCultCenterOf Nergal ⓘ
region central Mesopotamia ⓘ
religion Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
religiousRole major cult center ⓘ
status abandoned city ⓘ
typeOfDeityCult underworld god cult ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Nergal → majorCultCenter → Cuthah ⓘ
Kutha → hasAlternativeName → Cuthah ⓘ