Zababa
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Zababa (, dza-ba4-ba4, ) was a Mesopotamian god. He was the tutelary deity of the city of Kish and was regarded as a god of war. He was initially seen as a son of Enlil, though in Assyria during the reign of Sennacherib, he started to be viewed as a son of Ashur instead. The goddess Bau came to be viewed as his wife after her introduction to Kish in the Old Babylonian period.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Mesopotamian
- Deity.name
- Zababa
- Deity.deity_of
- God of war
- Deity.cult_center
- Kish
- Deity.animals
- eagle
- Deity.spouse
- Bau
- Deity.father
- Enlil or Ashur
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Hurrian
- Deity.equivalent1
- Ḫešui, Aštabi
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Hittite
- Deity.equivalent2
- Wurunkatte, Šulinkatte
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17 sectionsContents
- Name
- Character
- Associations with other deities
- Family and court
- Identification with other Mesopotamian deities
- Identification with foreign war gods
- Worship
- Third millennium BCE
- Second millennium BCE
- Old Babylonian period
- Kassite and Isin II periods
- First millennium BCE
- Mythology
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Zababa (, dza-ba4-ba4, ) was a Mesopotamian god. He was the tutelary deity of the city of Kish and was regarded as a god of war. He was initially seen as a son of Enlil, though in Assyria during the reign of Sennacherib, he started to be viewed as a son of Ashur instead. The goddess Bau came to be viewed as his wife after her introduction to Kish in the Old Babylonian period.
The worship of Zababa is first documented in sources from the Early Dynastic period, including texts from both Kish and other cities in Mesopotamia, for example the Zame Hymns from Abu Salabikh. His importance declined in the Sargonic and Ur III period, but he regained a more prominent position in the Old Babylonian period. Through the first millennium BCE he was worshiped both in Babylonia and in Assyria.