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Definition of Ninurta
1. Noun. A solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ninurta
Literary usage of Ninurta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Images, Power, and Politics: Figurative Aspects of Esarhaddon's Babylonian by Barbara N. Porter (1993)
"... in Babylon by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I in 1244 and its subsequent
brief residence in Assyria encouraged the growth of the Marduk cult there. ..."
2. Astral Magic in Babylonia by Erica Reiner (1995)
"Le récit épique et didactique des Travaux de Ninurta, du Déluge et de la Nouvelle
Création (Leiden: Brill, 1983). ..."
3. Old Babylonian Contracts by Edward Chiera (1922)
"... the devotee of the god Ninurta, the daughter of ... the devotee of the god
Ninurta, the daughter of ..."
4. The Empire of the Amorites by Albert Tobias Clay (1919)
"... and Ninurta, is explained as 'Lord of Armenia' or as 'Lord of Iron.' The latest
is that of Luckenbill (AJSL 35 59 f.), who inquires whether it isn't ..."
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