Nusku

Anunnaki deity, god of fire and light, vizier of Enlil.

Core Themes

• Fire and divine service.
• Linked to Pantheon.

Related Concepts & Sources

Enlil (master), Gibil (fire deity), Nippur (center)

Scholarly entry: Nuska/Nusku (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
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Abusch, T. 2002. Mesopotamian Witchcraft: Toward a History and Understanding of Babylonian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature. Leiden: Brill/Styx.
• Gilibert, A. 2007. "Lamp." In Iconography of Deities and Demons in the Ancient Near East [ electronic pre-publication [http://www.religionswissenschaft.uzh.ch/idd/prepublication.php] ] Zurich: University of Zurich.
• Hageneuer, S. 2007. "Nusku". In Iconography of Deities and Demons in the Ancient Near East [ electronic pre-publication [http://www.religionswissenschaft.uzh.ch/idd/prepublication.php] ] Zurich: University of Zurich.
• Lambert, W.G. 2002. "The name of Nuska." Revue d'Assyriologie 96 : 57-60.
• Sigrist, R M. 1984. Les satukku dans l'Ešumeša durant la période d'Isin et Larsa . Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, 11. Malibu: Undena.
• Streck, M.P. 1998–2001. "Nusku." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9 , pp. 629-633. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Wiggermann, F.A.M. 2000. "Lamaštu, daughter of Anu: a profile." In M. Stol, Birth in Babylonia and the Bible: Its Mediterranean Setting , pp. 217–252. Cuneiform Monographs, 14. Groningen: Styx.