Cuthah
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Cuthah was an ancient Mesopotamian city best known as the principal cult center of the underworld god Nergal.
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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Babylonian ⓘ |
| deityTypeVenerated |
plague god
ⓘ
war god ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Hormuzd Rassam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Kutha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Kutu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalEthnonym | Cuthites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTemple | E-meslam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Bronze Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with the underworld
ⓘ
cult of Nergal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Babylonia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTempleDedicatedTo | Nergal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorDeityWorshiped | Nergal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
2 Kings 17:24
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
cuneiform texts ⓘ |
| near |
Babylon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modern Tell Ibrahim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Near East ⓘ |
| periodOfFlourishing |
Neo-Babylonian period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalEntityDuringAntiquity |
Achaemenid Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| principalCultCenterOf | Nergal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | central Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousRole | major cult center ⓘ |
| status | abandoned city ⓘ |
| typeOfDeityCult | underworld god cult ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.