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Definition of Ningirsu
1. Noun. Babylonian god in older pantheon: god of war and agriculture.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ningirsu
Literary usage of Ningirsu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Babylonia and Assyria by Robert William Rogers (1915)
"Then in the middle of the night the god Ningirsu himself appeared in a dream,
and bade him build his temple. The dream, like many another, was obscure to ..."
2. The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria: Its Remains, Language, History by Morris Jastrow (1915)
"The temple of Ningirsu a Lagash, known as E-ninnu ("house of fifty"), wa filled
with votive offerings of all kinds dedicated bj rulers or high officials to ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"... consisting of one karu of grain for Nina and one karu for Ningirsu, ...
by digging different canals, which he consecrated to his god Ningirsu : the ..."
4. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys by Charles Francis Horne (1917)
"To the behests of Nina and Ningirsu I was heedful. No oppression did the rich
man commit; violence the mighty man did not commit. The house which had no son ..."
5. Miscellaneous Inscriptions in the Yale Babylonian Collection by Albert Tobias Clay (1915)
"IV. mu-bi kur-ra the king who loves him, for Ningirsu, from the great river,
mu-bi-kur-ra e-na-ta-ni-e it was caused to go. n ar ú-aA memorial stone ..."
6. Ancient Calendars and Constellations by Emmeline Mary Plunket (1903)
"Ningirsu and "his beloved consort," the goddess Bau, received in Lagash the
highest honours. On one of the statues of Gudea, " the priestly governor of La- ..."
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