Pabilsag

Anunnaki deity, god of war and hunting, associated with the city of Larag.

Core Themes

• War and divine protection.
• Linked to Patron Deities.

Related Concepts & Sources

Ninurta (similar deity), Sumerian Mythology (context), City States (structure)

Scholarly entry: Pabilsag (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 [Celestial name]
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Green, A. 1993-95. "Mischwesen, B." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 8 , pp. 246-264. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Krebernik, M. 2003-05. "Pabilsag." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie , 9, pp. 160-167. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Richter, T. 2004. Untersuchungen zu den lokalen Panthea Süd- und Mittelbabyloniens in altbabylonischer Zeit. 2., verbesserte und erweiterte Auflage. Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 257. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.