Nergal

Anunnaki deity of war and the underworld, consort of Ereshkigal.

Core Themes

• War and underworld rulership.
• Linked to Underworld.

Related Concepts & Sources

Ereshkigal (consort), Nergal and Ereshkigal (narrative), Judges of the Underworld (role)

Scholarly entry: Nergal (god), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (Oracc, University of Pennsylvania).

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions
• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Ataç, M.-A. 2004 "'The Underworld Vision' of the Ninevite intellectual milieu." Iraq 66 : 67-76.
• Gurney, O. 1960. "The Sultantepe Tablets (continued): VIII. The Myth of Nergal and Ereshkigal." Anatolian Studies 10 : 105-131.
• Lambert, W.G. 1973. "Studies in Nergal." Bibliotheca Orientalis 30 : 355-363.
• Lambert, W.G. 1990a. "The name of Nergal again." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 80 : 40-52.
• Reiner, E. 1960b "Plague amulets and house blessings." Journal of Near Eastern Studies 19 : 27-36.
• Steinkeller, P. 1987. "The name of Nergal." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaeologie 77 : 161-168.
• Steinkeller, P. 1990. "More on the name of Nergal and related matters." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 80 : 53-59.
• von Weiher, E. 1971. Der babylonische Gott Nergal. Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 11. Keverlaer: Verlag Butzen und Bercker.
• Wiggermann, F.A.M. 1998-2001d. "Nergal. A. Philologisch." Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9 , pp. 215-223. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Wiggermann, F.A.M. 1998-2001e "Nergal. B. Archäologisch." Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9 , pp. 223-226. Berlin: de Gruyter.