Lugal-e (Ninurta’s Exploits)
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Lugal-e (Ninurta’s Exploits) is a Sumerian epic poem celebrating the warrior god Ninurta’s heroic battles and divine authority.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesopotamian literary text
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Sumerian epic poem ⓘ mythological narrative ⓘ |
| approximateDate | early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Enlil
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Ninurta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Nippur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCorpus |
Ninurta literature
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Sumerian mythological epics ⓘ |
| culture |
Mesopotamian civilization
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Sumerian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDeity |
Enlil
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Ninhursag NERFINISHED ⓘ Ninlil NERFINISHED ⓘ Ninurta NERFINISHED ⓘ Nisaba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Lugal-e ud me-lám-bi nir-ğál
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Ninurta’s Exploits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Lugal-e NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Sumerian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poem ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ninurta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | Sumerian literary verse ⓘ |
| modernCatalogDesignation | Lugal-e ud me-lám-bi nir-ğál NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
Ninurta defeats the rebellious Asag (Asakku) and his stone allies
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Ninurta receives praise and recognition from Enlil ⓘ Ninurta reorganizes the world and assigns fates to stones ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Angim (Ninurta’s Return to Nippur)
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The Epic of Anzû NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
didactic text on divine justice
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hymnic praise of Ninurta ⓘ |
| script | cuneiform ⓘ |
| setting |
Ekur temple of Enlil in Nippur
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mythological Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Ancient Near Eastern studies
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Assyriology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Ninurta’s heroic battles
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cosmic order and chaos ⓘ divine kingship and authority ⓘ reward and punishment of rebellious beings ⓘ |
| theme |
legitimation of divine and royal authority
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praise of a warrior god ⓘ victory of order over chaos ⓘ |
| transmission | copied in Mesopotamian scribal schools ⓘ |
| writtenOn | clay tablets ⓘ |
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