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	'''Zababa''' {{IPAc-en\|'\|z\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː}} (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 <sup>d</sup>za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub>) was the [[tutelary deity~~\|hero~~]] of the city of [[Kish (Sumer)\|Kish]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. He was a [[war god]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} While he was regarded as similar to [[Ninurta]] and [[Nergal]], he was never fully conflated with them. His worship is attested from between the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)\|Early Dynastic]] to the [[Achaemenid Empire\|Achaemenid]] periods, with the Old Babylonian kings being particularly devoted to him. Starting with the Old Babylonian period, he was regarded as married to the goddess [[Bau (goddess)\|Bau]].		'''Zababa''' {{IPAc-en\|'\|z\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː}} (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 <sup>d</sup>za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub>) was the [[tutelary deity]] of the city of [[Kish (Sumer)\|Kish]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. He was a [[war god]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} While he was regarded as similar to [[Ninurta]] and [[Nergal]], he was never fully conflated with them. His worship is attested from between the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)\|Early Dynastic]] to the [[Achaemenid Empire\|Achaemenid]] periods, with the Old Babylonian kings being particularly devoted to him. Starting with the Old Babylonian period, he was regarded as married to the goddess [[Bau (goddess)\|Bau]].

	==Character==		==Character==

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	'''Zababa''' {{IPAc-en\|'\|z\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː}} (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 <sup>d</sup>za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub>) was the [[tutelary deity]] of the city of [[Kish (Sumer)\|Kish]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. He was a [[war god]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} While he was regarded as similar to [[Ninurta]] and [[Nergal]], he was never fully conflated with them. His worship is attested from between the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)\|Early Dynastic]] to the [[Achaemenid Empire\|Achaemenid]] periods, with the Old Babylonian kings being particularly devoted to him. Starting with the Old Babylonian period, he was regarded as married to the goddess [[Bau (goddess)\|Bau]].		'''Zababa''' {{IPAc-en\|'\|z\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː}} (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 <sup>d</sup>za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub>) was the [[tutelary deity\|hero]] of the city of [[Kish (Sumer)\|Kish]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. He was a [[war god]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} While he was regarded as similar to [[Ninurta]] and [[Nergal]], he was never fully conflated with them. His worship is attested from between the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)\|Early Dynastic]] to the [[Achaemenid Empire\|Achaemenid]] periods, with the Old Babylonian kings being particularly devoted to him. Starting with the Old Babylonian period, he was regarded as married to the goddess [[Bau (goddess)\|Bau]].

	==Character==		==Character==

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	A number of texts praising Hammurabi mention Zababa. In a hymn, he is one of the deities enumerated as responsible for his success, following [[Anu (god)\|Anu]], [[Enlil]], [[Shamash]], [[Adad]] and [[Marduk]], and preceding [[Inanna]]. In another hymn, Zababa is referred to as the king's helper. A text from the reign of his successor [[Samsu-Iluna]] credits the king with rebuilding the walls of Kish with the help of Zababa and Ishtar, and states that these two deities helped him defeat his enemies. [[Wilfred G. Lambert]] notes that these sources are significant as evidence proving "there is no hint of any supremacy of Marduk within the pantheon" in the [[Old Babylonian period]].{{sfn\|Lambert\|2013\|pp=257–258}}		A number of texts praising Hammurabi mention Zababa. In a hymn, he is one of the deities enumerated as responsible for his success, following [[Anu (god)\|Anu]], [[Enlil]], [[Shamash]], [[Adad]] and [[Marduk]], and preceding [[Inanna]]. In another hymn, Zababa is referred to as the king's helper. A text from the reign of his successor [[Samsu-Iluna]] credits the king with rebuilding the walls of Kish with the help of Zababa and Ishtar, and states that these two deities helped him defeat his enemies. [[Wilfred G. Lambert]] notes that these sources are significant as evidence proving "there is no hint of any supremacy of Marduk within the pantheon" in the [[Old Babylonian period]].{{sfn\|Lambert\|2013\|pp=257–258}}

	A boundary stone (''[[kudurru]]'') of [[Nebuchadnezzar I]] mentions Zababa in a sequence of gods, alongside Anu, Enlil, Marduk, Nabu, Ishtar, Ninurta, [[Gula (goddess)\|Gula]], Nergal, [[Papsukkal]], [[Ishara]] and "Anu Rabu" ([[Ishtaran]]).{{sfn\|Lambert\|2013\|pp=271–272}}		A boundary stone (''[[kudurru]]'') of [[Nebuchadnezzar I]] mentions Zababa in a sequence of gods, alongside Anu, Enlil, Marduk, Nabu, Ishtar, Ninurta, [[Gula (goddess)\|Gula]], Nergal, [[Papsukkal]], [[Išḫara\|Ishara]] and "Anu Rabu" ([[Ishtaran]]).{{sfn\|Lambert\|2013\|pp=271–272}}

	Mesopotamian kings named in honor of Zababa include [[Ur-Zababa]] ("man of Zababa") of Kish, famous due to his role in the so-called "Sumerian [[Sargon of Akkad\|Sargon]] legend,"{{sfn\|Rudik\|2014\|pp=501–502}} and [[Zababa-shuma-iddin]], a twelfth century BCE [[Kassites\|Kassite]] king of Babylon deposed after a single year on the throne by the [[Elam]]ite king [[Shutruk-Nakhunte\|Shutruk-Nahhunte]].{{sfn\|Brinkman\|2017\|p=169}}		Mesopotamian kings named in honor of Zababa include [[Ur-Zababa]] ("man of Zababa") of Kish, famous due to his role in the so-called "Sumerian [[Sargon of Akkad\|Sargon]] legend,"{{sfn\|Rudik\|2014\|pp=501–502}} and [[Zababa-shuma-iddin]], a twelfth century BCE [[Kassites\|Kassite]] king of Babylon deposed after a single year on the throne by the [[Elam]]ite king [[Shutruk-Nakhunte\|Shutruk-Nahhunte]].{{sfn\|Brinkman\|2017\|p=169}}

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	According to [[Gwendolyn Leick]], the [[Hittites]] used Zababa's name to logographically represent the names of various war gods, such as [[Hattians\|Hattian]] [[Wurunkatte]]; Hittite and Luwian [[~~Hašamili~~]], [[Iyarri]], and Zappana; and [[Hurrian religion\|Hurrian]] [[Aštabi]], [[Hešui]], and [[Nupatik\|Nubadig]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} However, according to Gernot Wilhelm Nubadig was not associated with Zababa,{{sfn\|Wilhelm\|1987\|p=173}} while according to Alfonso Archi the logographic writing of Aštabi's name was NIN.URTA, not ZA.BA.BA.{{sfn\|Archi\|2013\|p=10}} Zababa is nonetheless equated with "Aštabinu", presumably corresponding to Aštabi, in a Babylonian god list.{{sfn\|Ayali-Darshan\|2014\|p=98}} Another war god whose name could be written logographically as ZA.BA.BA in Hittite sources was [[Šulinkatte]],{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=311}} whose origin was Hattian and who was described as having the appearance of a young man.{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=300}} However, he could also be represented by the logogram [[Ugur (god)\|U.GUR]] instead.{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=367}}		According to [[Gwendolyn Leick]], the [[Hittites]] used Zababa's name to logographically represent the names of various war gods, such as [[Hattians\|Hattian]] [[Wurunkatte]]; Hittite and Luwian [[Ḫašamili]], [[Iyarri]], and Zappana; and [[Hurrian religion\|Hurrian]] [[Aštabi]], [[Hešui]], and [[Nupatik\|Nubadig]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} However, according to Gernot Wilhelm Nubadig was not associated with Zababa,{{sfn\|Wilhelm\|1987\|p=173}} while according to Alfonso Archi the logographic writing of Aštabi's name was NIN.URTA, not ZA.BA.BA.{{sfn\|Archi\|2013\|p=10}} Zababa is nonetheless equated with "Aštabinu", presumably corresponding to Aštabi, in a Babylonian god list.{{sfn\|Ayali-Darshan\|2014\|p=98}} Another war god whose name could be written logographically as ZA.BA.BA in Hittite sources was [[Šulinkatte]],{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=311}} whose origin was Hattian and who was described as having the appearance of a young man.{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=300}} However, he could also be represented by the logogram [[Ugur (god)\|U.GUR]] instead.{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=367}}

	==Citations==		==Citations==

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	'''Zababa''' {{IPAc-en\|'\|z\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː}} (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 <sup>d</sup>za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub>) was the [[tutelary deity]] of the city of [[Kish (Sumer)\|Kish]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. He was a [[war god]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} ~~He was the biggest coward in Paleolithic times.~~ he was regarded as similar to [[Ninurta]] and [[Nergal]], he was never fully conflated with them. His worship is attested from between the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)\|Early Dynastic]] to the [[Achaemenid Empire\|Achaemenid]] periods, with the Old Babylonian kings being particularly devoted to him. Starting with the Old Babylonian period, he was regarded as married to the goddess [[Bau (goddess)\|Bau]].		'''Zababa''' {{IPAc-en\|'\|z\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː}} (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 <sup>d</sup>za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub>) was the [[tutelary deity]] of the city of [[Kish (Sumer)\|Kish]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. He was a [[war god]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} While he was regarded as similar to [[Ninurta]] and [[Nergal]], he was never fully conflated with them. His worship is attested from between the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)\|Early Dynastic]] to the [[Achaemenid Empire\|Achaemenid]] periods, with the Old Babylonian kings being particularly devoted to him. Starting with the Old Babylonian period, he was regarded as married to the goddess [[Bau (goddess)\|Bau]].

	==Character==		==Character==

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	'''Zababa''' {{IPAc-en\|'\|z\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː}} (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 <sup>d</sup>za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub>) was the [[tutelary deity]] of the city of [[Kish (Sumer)\|Kish]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. He was a [[war god]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} ~~While~~ he was regarded as similar to [[Ninurta]] and [[Nergal]], he was never fully conflated with them. His worship is attested from between the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)\|Early Dynastic]] to the [[Achaemenid Empire\|Achaemenid]] periods, with the Old Babylonian kings being particularly devoted to him. Starting with the Old Babylonian period, he was regarded as married to the goddess [[Bau (goddess)\|Bau]].		'''Zababa''' {{IPAc-en\|'\|z\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː}} (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 <sup>d</sup>za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub>) was the [[tutelary deity]] of the city of [[Kish (Sumer)\|Kish]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. He was a [[war god]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} He was the biggest coward in Paleolithic times. he was regarded as similar to [[Ninurta]] and [[Nergal]], he was never fully conflated with them. His worship is attested from between the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)\|Early Dynastic]] to the [[Achaemenid Empire\|Achaemenid]] periods, with the Old Babylonian kings being particularly devoted to him. Starting with the Old Babylonian period, he was regarded as married to the goddess [[Bau (goddess)\|Bau]].

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	'''Zababa''' {{IPAc-en\|'\|z\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː}} (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 <sup>d</sup>za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub>) was the [[tutelary deity]] of the city of [[Kish (Sumer)\|Kish]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. He was a [[war god]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} While he was regarded as similar to [[Ninurta]] and [[Nergal]], he was never fully conflated with them. His worship is attested from between the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)\|Early Dynastic]] to [[Achaemenid Empire\|Achaemenid]] periods, with the Old Babylonian kings being particularly devoted to him. Starting with the Old Babylonian period, he was regarded as married to the goddess [[Bau (goddess)\|Bau]].		'''Zababa''' {{IPAc-en\|'\|z\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː\|b\|ɑː}} (Sumerian: 𒀭𒍝𒂷𒂷 <sup>d</sup>za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub>) was the [[tutelary deity]] of the city of [[Kish (Sumer)\|Kish]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. He was a [[war god]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} While he was regarded as similar to [[Ninurta]] and [[Nergal]], he was never fully conflated with them. His worship is attested from between the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)\|Early Dynastic]] to the [[Achaemenid Empire\|Achaemenid]] periods, with the Old Babylonian kings being particularly devoted to him. Starting with the Old Babylonian period, he was regarded as married to the goddess [[Bau (goddess)\|Bau]].

	==Character==		==Character==

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	According to [[Gwendolyn Leick]], the [[Hittites]] used Zababa's name to logographically represent the names of various war gods, such as [[Hattians\|Hattian]] [[Wurunkatte]]; Hittite and Luwian [[Ḫašamili]], [[Iyarri]], and Zappana; and [[Hurrian religion\|Hurrian]] [[Aštabi]], [[Hešui]], and [[Nupatik\|Nubadig]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} However, according to Gernot Wilhelm Nubadig was not associated with Zababa,{{sfn\|Wilhelm\|1987\|p=173}} while according to Alfonso Archi the logographic writing of Aštabi's name was NIN.URTA, not ZA.BA.BA.{{sfn\|Archi\|2013\|p=10}} Zababa is nonetheless equated with "Aštabinu", presumably corresponding to Aštabi, in a Babylonian god list.{{sfn\|Ayali-Darshan\|2014\|p=98}} Another war god whose name could be written logographically as ZA.BA.BA in Hittite sources was [[Šulinkatte]],{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=311}} whose origin was Hattian and who was described as having the appearance of a young man.{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=300}} However, he could also be represented by the logogram [[Ugur (god)\|U.GUR]] instead.{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=367}}		According to [[Gwendolyn Leick]], the [[Hittites]] used Zababa's name to logographically represent the names of various war gods, such as [[Hattians\|Hattian]] [[Wurunkatte]]; Hittite and Luwian [[Ḫašamili]], [[Iyarri]], and Zappana; and [[Hurrian religion\|Hurrian]] [[Aštabi]], [[Hešui]], and [[Nupatik\|Nubadig]].{{sfn\|Leick\|1991\|p=167}} However, according to Gernot Wilhelm Nubadig was not associated with Zababa,{{sfn\|Wilhelm\|1987\|p=173}} while according to Alfonso Archi the logographic writing of Aštabi's name was NIN.URTA, not ZA.BA.BA.{{sfn\|Archi\|2013\|p=10}} Zababa is nonetheless equated with "Aštabinu", presumably corresponding to Aštabi, in a Babylonian god list.{{sfn\|Ayali-Darshan\|2014\|p=98}} Another war god whose name could be written logographically as ZA.BA.BA in Hittite sources was [[Šulinkatte]],{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=311}} whose origin was Hattian and who was described as having the appearance of a young man.{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=300}} However, he could also be represented by the logogram [[Ugur (god)\|U.GUR]] instead.{{sfn\|Haas\|2015\|p=367}}

			==See also==
			*[[Qurdi-Nergal]]

	==Citations==		==Citations==

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	A number of texts praising Hammurabi mention Zababa. In a hymn, he is one of the deities enumerated as responsible for his success, following [[Anu (god)\|Anu]], [[Enlil]], [[Shamash]], [[Adad]] and [[Marduk]], and preceding [[Inanna]]. In another hymn, Zababa is referred to as the king's helper. A text from the reign of his successor [[Samsu-Iluna]] credits the king with rebuilding the walls of Kish with the help of Zababa and Ishtar, and states that these two deities helped him defeat his enemies. [[Wilfred G. Lambert]] notes that these sources are significant as evidence proving "there is no hint of any supremacy of Marduk within the pantheon" in the [[Old Babylonian period]].{{sfn\|Lambert\|2013\|pp=257–258}}		A number of texts praising Hammurabi mention Zababa. In a hymn, he is one of the deities enumerated as responsible for his success, following [[Anu (god)\|Anu]], [[Enlil]], [[Shamash]], [[Adad]] and [[Marduk]], and preceding [[Inanna]]. In another hymn, Zababa is referred to as the king's helper. A text from the reign of his successor [[Samsu-Iluna]] credits the king with rebuilding the walls of Kish with the help of Zababa and Ishtar, and states that these two deities helped him defeat his enemies. [[Wilfred G. Lambert]] notes that these sources are significant as evidence proving "there is no hint of any supremacy of Marduk within the pantheon" in the [[Old Babylonian period]].{{sfn\|Lambert\|2013\|pp=257–258}}

	A boundary stone (''[[kudurru]]'') of [[Nebuchadnezzar I]] mentions Zababa in a sequence of gods, alongside Anu, Enlil, Marduk, Nabu, Ishtar, Ninurta, [[Gula (goddess)\|Gula]], Nergal, [[Papsukkal]], [[Ishara]] and "Anu Rabu" ([[Ishtaran]]).{{sfn\|Lambert\|2013\|pp=271–272}}		A boundary stone (''[[kudurru]]'') of [[Nebuchadnezzar I]] mentions Zababa in a sequence of gods, alongside Anu, Enlil, Marduk, Nabu, Ishtar, Ninurta, [[Gula (goddess)\|Gula]], Nergal, [[Papsukkal]], [[Išḫara\|Ishara]] and "Anu Rabu" ([[Ishtaran]]).{{sfn\|Lambert\|2013\|pp=271–272}}

	Mesopotamian kings named in honor of Zababa include [[Ur-Zababa]] ("man of Zababa") of Kish, famous due to his role in the so-called "Sumerian [[Sargon of Akkad\|Sargon]] legend,"{{sfn\|Rudik\|2014\|pp=501–502}} and [[Zababa-shuma-iddin]], a twelfth century BCE [[Kassites\|Kassite]] king of Babylon deposed after a single year on the throne by the [[Elam]]ite king [[Shutruk-Nakhunte\|Shutruk-Nahhunte]].{{sfn\|Brinkman\|2017\|p=169}}		Mesopotamian kings named in honor of Zababa include [[Ur-Zababa]] ("man of Zababa") of Kish, famous due to his role in the so-called "Sumerian [[Sargon of Akkad\|Sargon]] legend,"{{sfn\|Rudik\|2014\|pp=501–502}} and [[Zababa-shuma-iddin]], a twelfth century BCE [[Kassites\|Kassite]] king of Babylon deposed after a single year on the throne by the [[Elam]]ite king [[Shutruk-Nakhunte\|Shutruk-Nahhunte]].{{sfn\|Brinkman\|2017\|p=169}}