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Uttu, the Glossary

Uttu was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with weaving.^[1]

25 relations: Anu, Babylon, Bizilla, Debate between sheep and grain, Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia), Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Enki, Esagila, Folk etymology, Homophone, Il, king of Umma, Inanna, Isimud, Joan Goodnick Westenholz, List of Mesopotamian deities, Loom, Nanaya, Neo-Assyrian Empire, Ninšar, Ninhursag, Ninimma, Ninkurra, Theophoric name, Thorkild Jacobsen, Umma.
Handicraft deities

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.

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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.

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Bizilla

Bizilla (also spelled Bizila) was a Mesopotamian goddess closely associated with Nanaya and like her sometimes listed alongside courtiers of Inanna. Uttu and Bizilla are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Debate between sheep and grain

The "Debate between sheep and grain" or "Myth of cattle and grain" is a Sumerian disputation and creation myth, written on clay tablets in the mid to late 3rd millennium BC.

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Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)

The Early Dynastic period (abbreviated ED period or ED) is an archaeological culture in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) that is generally dated to and was preceded by the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods.

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Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL) is an online digital library of texts and translations of Sumerian literature that was created by a now-completed project based at the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford.

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Enki

Enki (𒀭𒂗𒆠) is the Sumerian god of water, knowledge (gestú), crafts (gašam), and creation (nudimmud), and one of the Anunnaki.

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Esagila

The Ésagila or Esangil (𒂍𒊕𒅍𒆷, "temple whose top is lofty") was a temple dedicated to Marduk, the protector god of Babylon.

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Folk etymology

Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one through popular usage.

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Homophone

A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same (to a varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning.

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Il, king of Umma

Il (𒅍) was king (Lugal) of the Sumerian city-state of Umma, circa 2400 BCE.

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Inanna

Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. Uttu and Inanna are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Isimud

Isimud (also Isimu; Usmû; Izzummi) was a Mesopotamian god regarded as the divine attendant (sukkal) of the god Enki (Ea).

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Joan Goodnick Westenholz

Joan Goodnick Westenholz (1 July 1943 – February 2013) was an Assyriologist and the chief curator at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem.

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List of Mesopotamian deities

Deities in ancient Mesopotamia were almost exclusively anthropomorphic.

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Loom

A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry.

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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. Uttu and Nanaya are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Neo-Assyrian Empire

The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history.

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Ninšar

Ninšar (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒊬, dNIN.SAR; also read Nin-nisig) was a Mesopotamian goddess commonly associated with the preparation of meat. Uttu and Ninšar are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Ninhursag

Ninḫursaĝ (𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕 Ninḫarsang), sometimes transcribed Ninursag, Ninḫarsag, or Ninḫursaĝa, also known as Damgalnuna or Ninmah, was the ancient Sumerian mother goddess of the mountains, and one of the seven great deities of Sumer. Uttu and Ninhursag are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Ninimma

Ninimma was a Mesopotamian goddess best known as a courtier of Enlil. Uttu and Ninimma are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Ninkurra

Ninkurra or Ninkur was a name of multiple Mesopotamian deities, including a divine artisan, presumably a female sculptor. Uttu and Ninkurra are Handicraft deities and Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Theophoric name

A theophoric name (from Greek: θεόφορος, theophoros, literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or God's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that deity.

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Thorkild Jacobsen

Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen (7 June 1904 – 2 May 1993) was a Danish historian specializing in Assyriology and Sumerian literature.

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Umma

Umma (𒄑𒆵𒆠; in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell Jokha. More recently it has been suggested that it was located at Umm al-Aqarib, less than to its northwest or was even the name of both cities.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttu

Also known as Tagtug.