Kindazi ( sux, , ''
dkinda2-zi'') was a minor
Sumerian god. He was a "divine barber" and an acolyte of god
Ningirsu
, image= Cropped Image of Carving Showing the Mesopotamian God Ninurta.png
, caption= Assyrian stone relief from the temple of Ninurta at Kalhu, showing the god with his thunderbolts pursuing Anzû, who has stolen the Tablet of Destinies from E ...
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He is known from inscriptions, such as a macehead dedicated by queen Ninkagina for the life of King
Nam-mahani
, title=Ruler of Lagash
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, image_size=250
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, spouse=
, reign=c. 2100 BCE
, father=
, predecessor= Ur-gar
, successor=Utu-hengal(Uruk V dynasty)
, dynasty=Ruler of Lagash
, succession=
Nam-mahani ( sux, , ''nam-maḫ-ni'') was a ...
of
Lagash
Lagash (cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian: ''Lagaš''), was an ancient city state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Ash Shatrah, Iraq. Lagash (modern Al-Hiba) w ...
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He also appears in various other inscriptions, such as the
Gudea cylinders
The Gudea cylinders are a pair of terracotta cylinders dating to circa 2125 BC, on which is written in cuneiform a Sumerian myth called the Building of Ningirsu's temple. The cylinders were made by Gudea, the ruler of Lagash, and were found i ...
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References
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Mesopotamian deities