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Ur European Partners
Ur (; Sumerian language, Sumerian: , , or ''Urim''; akk, ๐๐๐ ''Uru''; ar, ุฃูููุฑ, สพลซr; he, ืืึผืจ, สพลซr) was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar ( ar, ุชู ูฑููู ููููููุฑ) in south Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate. Although Ur was once a coastal city near the mouth of the Euphrates on the Persian Gulf, the coastline has shifted and the city is now well inland, on the south bank of the Euphrates, from Nasiriyah in modern-day Iraq. The city dates from the Ubaid period circa 3800 BC, and is recorded in recorded history, written history as a city-state from the 26th century BC, its first recorded king being Mesannepada. The city's patron deity was Sin (mythology), Nanna (in Akkadian language, Akkadian, Sin (mythology), Sin), the Sumerian and Akkadian Empire, Akkadian Lunar deity, moon god, and the name of the city is in origin derived from the god's name, UNUGKI, literally "the abode ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ki (earth)
''Ki'' was the earth goddess in Sumerian religion, chief consort of the sky god An. In some legends Ki and An were brother and sister, being the offspring of Anshar ("Sky Pivot") and Kishar ("Earth Pivot"), earlier personifications of heaven and earth. By her consort Anu (also known as Anunna), Ki gave birth to Anunnaki, the most prominent of these deities being Enlil, god of the air. According to legends, heaven and earth were once inseparable until Enlil was born; Enlil cleaved heaven and earth in two. An carried away heaven. Ki, in company with Enlil, took the earth. Ki marries her son, Enlil, and from this union all the plant and animal life on earth is produced. Some authorities question whether Ki was regarded as a deity since there is no evidence of a cult and the name appears only in a limited number of Sumerian creation texts. Samuel Noah Kramer identifies Ki with the Sumerian mother goddess Ninhursag and claims that they were originally the same figure. She later de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
