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Key facts
- Deity.caption
- Assyrian stone relief from the temple of Ninurta at Kalhu, showing the god with his thunderbolts pursuing Anzû, who has stolen the Tablet of Destinies from Enlil's sanctuary (Austen Henry Layard Monuments of Nineveh, 2nd Series, 1853)
- Deity.parents
- Enlil and Ninhursag As Urash, An
- Deity.deity_of
- God of agriculture, hunting, and war
- Deity.abode
- Eshumesha temple in NippurLater Kalhu, during Assyrian times
- Deity.symbol
- Plow and perched bird
- Deity.consort
- As Ninurta: GulaAs Ninĝirsu: Bau
- Deity.planet
- Saturn, Mercury
- Deity.mount
- Beast with the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Caananite
- Deity.equivalent1
- Attar
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Eblaite
- Deity.equivalent2
- Aštabi
- Deity.equivalent3_type
- Roman
- Deity.equivalent3
- Saturn
- Deity.greek_equivalent
- Cronus
- Deity.type
- Mesopotamian
- Deity.name
- Ninurta
- Deity.image
- Cropped Image of Carving Showing the Mesopotamian God Ninurta.png
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- war deity
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Gula
- Father
- Ashur
- Mother
- Ninlil
- Sibling
- Nergal
- Image
- Cropped Image of Carving Showing the Mesopotamian God Ninurta.png
- Said to be same as
- Ningirsu
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- culture
- Assyrians
- time period
- ancient Near East
- worshipped by
- Sumerian religion
- Commons category
- Ningirsu
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (1)
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