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Ningirsu

Also known as: Ningirsu; primary name: Ningirsu; other name: Ninurta
Details: individual; deity; Mesopotamian; Male
Biography: City god of Girsu; god of spring thunder, rainstorms and floods; god of the plough and ploughing; early variant of Ninurta (q.v.).

10 related objects

boundary-stone

Museum number: 90827 |
Authority: BIOG62553 Ruler:Meli-Shipak |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marduk Temple (Babylon)

bowl

Museum number: 23579 |
Cultures/periods: x14143 Lagash II

bowl

Museum number: 90902 |
Authority: BIOG63105 Ruler:Uruinimgina |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Production date: 2351BC-2342BC |
Production place: Made for:Girsu (Lagash - archaic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Habba (Sippar)

bowl

Museum number: 1882,0918,A.44 |
Authority: BIOG63105 Ruler:Uruinimgina |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Production date: 2351BC-2342BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sippar

door-socket

Museum number: 90845 |
Authority: BIOG196647 Ruler:Ur-Ningirsu II |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tello

door-socket

Museum number: 90932 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Iraq

mace

Museum number: 23287 |
Authority: BIOG62190 Ruler:Enannatum I |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tello

mace; votive offering

Museum number: 86917 |
Authority: BIOG196647 Ruler:Ur-Ningirsu II |
Cultures/periods: x14626 Third Dynasty of Ur |
Production date: 2121BC-2118BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tello

pebble; forgery

Museum number: 141797 |
Production date: 1850-1930

tablet

Museum number: 88100 |
Cultures/periods: x14626 Third Dynasty of Ur