Papsukkal, the Glossary
Papsukkal (𒀭𒉽𒈛) was a Mesopotamian god regarded as the sukkal (attendant deity) of Anu and his wife Antu in Seleucid Uruk.[1]
Table of Contents
46 relations: Achaemenid Empire, Akkadian language, Amasagnudi, An = Anum, Antu (goddess), Anu, Architrave, Assur, Babylon, Bad-tibira, Der (Sumer), Dingir, Elam, Emar, Enmesharra, Erbil, Francolin, Homophone, Hurrian religion, Ilaba, Ilabrat, Inanna, Kakka, Kish (Sumer), Kudurru, Lamashtu, List of Mesopotamian deities, Lugalanda, Marduk-balassu-iqbi, Mummu, Nanaya, Ninshubur, Old Babylonian Empire, Orion (constellation), Paul-Alain Beaulieu, Seleucid Empire, Shamshi-Adad V, Sukkal, Sultantepe, Sumerian language, Syncretism, Tašmišu, Uṣur-amāssu, Ugarit, Uruk, Zababa.
- Messenger gods
Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
See Papsukkal and Achaemenid Empire
Akkadian language
Akkadian (translit)John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.
See Papsukkal and Akkadian language
Amasagnudi
Amasagnudi was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as a servant of Anu and as the wife of Papsukkal.
An = Anum
An.
Antu (goddess)
Antu or Antum was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the feminine counterpart and spouse of the sky god, Anu.
See Papsukkal and Antu (goddess)
Anu
Anu (𒀭𒀭, from 𒀭 an "Sky", "Heaven") or Anum, originally An (𒀭), was the divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion. Papsukkal and anu are Mesopotamian gods.
Architrave
In classical architecture, an architrave (also called an epistyle) is the lintel or beam, typically made of wood or stone, that rests on the capitals of columns.
Assur
Aššur (𒀭𒊹𒆠 AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: Aš-šurKI, "City of God Aššur"; ܐܫܘܪ Āšūr; 𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼 Aθur, آشور Āšūr; אַשּׁוּר, اشور), also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was the capital of the Old Assyrian city-state (2025–1364 BC), the Middle Assyrian Empire (1363–912 BC), and for a time, of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BC).
Babylon
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.
Bad-tibira
Bad-tibira (Sumerian:, bad3-tibiraki), "Wall of the Copper Worker(s)", or "Fortress of the Smiths", identified as modern Tell al-Madineh (also Tell Madineh), between Ash Shatrah and Tell as-Senkereh (ancient Larsa) and 33 kilometers northeast of ancient Girsu in southern Iraq, was an ancient Sumerian city on the Iturungal canal (built by Ur III ruler Ur-Nammu), which appears among antediluvian cities in the Sumerian King List.
Der (Sumer)
Der (Sumerian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki; Akkadian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki or urude-e-ru(ki)) was a Sumerian city-state at the site of modern Tell Aqar near al-Badra in Iraq's Wasit Governorate.
Dingir
Dingir ⟨⟩, usually transliterated DIĜIR, is a Sumerian word for 'god' or 'goddess'.
Elam
Elam (Linear Elamite: hatamti; Cuneiform Elamite:; Sumerian:; Akkadian:; עֵילָם ʿēlām; 𐎢𐎺𐎩 hūja) was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq.
Emar
Emar, is an archaeological site at Tell Meskene in the Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria.
Enmesharra
Enmesharra (𒀭𒂗𒈨𒊹𒊏, "Lord of all mes") was a Mesopotamian god associated with the underworld. Papsukkal and Enmesharra are Mesopotamian gods.
Erbil
Erbil (أربيل,; ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ), also called Hawler, is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Francolin
Francolins are birds in the tribe Gallini that traditionally have been placed in the genus Francolinus, but now commonly are divided into multiple genera.
Homophone
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same (to a varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning.
Hurrian religion
The Hurrian religion was the polytheistic religion of the Hurrians, a Bronze Age people of the Near East who chiefly inhabited the north of the Fertile Crescent.
See Papsukkal and Hurrian religion
Ilaba
Ilaba was a Mesopotamian god. Papsukkal and Ilaba are Mesopotamian gods.
Ilabrat
Ilabrat was a Mesopotamian god who in some cases was regarded as the sukkal (attendant deity) of the sky god Anu. Papsukkal and Ilabrat are Mesopotamian gods and Messenger gods.
Inanna
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility.
Kakka
Kakka (also romanized as Kaka or Gaga) was a Mesopotamian deity. Papsukkal and Kakka are Mesopotamian gods and Messenger gods.
Kish (Sumer)
Kish (Kiš;; cuneiform: 𒆧𒆠; Kiššatu, near modern Tell al-Uhaymir) is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (Iraq), located south of Baghdad and east of the ancient city of Babylon.
See Papsukkal and Kish (Sumer)
Kudurru
A kudurru was a type of stone document used as a boundary stone and as a record of land grants to vassals by the Kassites and later dynasties in ancient Babylonia between the 16th and 7th centuries BC.
Lamashtu
In Mesopotamian mythology, Lamashtu (Akkadian dLa-maš-tu; Sumerian Dimme dDim3-me or Kamadme) was a female demon/monster/malevolent goddess or demigoddess who menaced women during childbirth and, if possible, kidnapped their children while they were breastfeeding.
List of Mesopotamian deities
Deities in ancient Mesopotamia were almost exclusively anthropomorphic.
See Papsukkal and List of Mesopotamian deities
Lugalanda
Lugalanda, also Lugal-anda (𒈗𒀭𒁕) was a Sumerian king of Lagash during the 24th century BC.
Marduk-balassu-iqbi
Marduk-balāssu-iqbi, inscribed mdAMAR.UTU-TI-su-iq-biKudurru AO 6684 in the Louvre, published as RA 16 (1919) 126 iv 17.
See Papsukkal and Marduk-balassu-iqbi
Mummu
Mummu (Cuneiform: d umum, d mu-um-mu) is a Mesopotamian deity. Papsukkal and Mummu are Mesopotamian gods.
Nanaya
Nanaya (Sumerian, DNA.NA.A; also transcribed as "Nanāy", "Nanaja", "Nanāja", '"Nanāya", or "Nanai"; antiquated transcription: "Nanâ"; in Greek: Ναναια or Νανα; נני, ܢܢܝ) was a Mesopotamian goddess of love closely associated with Inanna.
Ninshubur
Ninshubur (Ninšubur, "Lady of Subartu" or "Lady of servants"), also spelled Ninšubura, was a Mesopotamian goddess whose primary role was that of the sukkal (divine attendant) of the goddess Inanna. Papsukkal and Ninshubur are Mesopotamian gods.
Old Babylonian Empire
The Old Babylonian Empire, or First Babylonian Empire, is dated to, and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period.
See Papsukkal and Old Babylonian Empire
Orion (constellation)
Orion is a prominent set of stars visible during winter in the northern celestial hemisphere.
See Papsukkal and Orion (constellation)
Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Paul-Alain Beaulieu is a Canadian Assyriologist, a Professor of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto.
See Papsukkal and Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid Empire (lit) was a Greek power in West Asia during the Hellenistic period.
See Papsukkal and Seleucid Empire
Shamshi-Adad V
Shamshi-Adad V (Šamši-Adad) was the King of Assyria from 824 to 811 BC.
See Papsukkal and Shamshi-Adad V
Sukkal
Sukkal (conventionally translated from Sumerian as "vizier") was a term which could denote both a type of official and a class of deities in ancient Mesopotamia.
Sultantepe
The ancient temple-complex, perhaps of Huzirina, now represented by the tell of Sultantepe, is a Late Assyrian archeological site at the edge of the Neo-Assyrian empire, now in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.
Sumerian language
Sumerian (Also written 𒅴𒄀 eme-gi.ePSD2 entry for emegir.|'native language'|) was the language of ancient Sumer.
See Papsukkal and Sumerian language
Syncretism
Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.
Tašmišu
Tašmišu (Tashmishu) was a Hurrian god.
Uṣur-amāssu
Uṣur-amāssu (also spelled Uṣur-awāssu or Uṣur-amāssa) was a Mesopotamian deity. Papsukkal and Uṣur-amāssu are Mesopotamian gods.
Ugarit
Ugarit (𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚, ʾUgarītu) was an ancient port city in northern Syria about 10 kilometers north of modern Latakia.
Uruk
Uruk, known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river.
Zababa
Zababa (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 dza-ba4-ba4) was the tutelary deity of the city of Kish in ancient Mesopotamia. Papsukkal and Zababa are Mesopotamian gods.
See also
Messenger gods
- Abuelito Huenteao
- Agemo (deity)
- Agni
- Gupan and Ugar
- Hermóðr
- Hermes
- Ilabrat
- Isimud
- Kakka
- Malakbel
- Mercury (mythology)
- Nirah
- Nusa-kor-kamuy
- Nuska
- Papsukkal
- Qudšu-wa-Amrur
- Raja Indainda
- Turms
- Zaqar
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papsukkal
Also known as Pap-sukkal, Papsukkel.