Translations

According to Wasilewska et al, du-ku translates as "holy hill", "holy mound" [...E-dul-kug... (House which is the holy mound) ], or "great mountain"

Divine

The location is otherwise alluded to in sacred texts as a specifically identified place of godly judgement.

The hill was the location for ritual offerings to Sumerian god(s).
Nungal and the Anunna dwell upon the holy hillin a text written from Gilgamesh.

See also

Akkadian

Hymn to the E-kur

Hymn to Enlil

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libation

Libation

A libation is a ritual pouring of a liquid as an offering to a god or spirit or in memory of those who have died. It was common in many religions of antiquity and continues to be offered in various cultures today....

Shamash

Shamash

Shamash was a native Mesopotamian deity and the sun god in the Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian pantheons. Shamash was the god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu...

Sumerian religion

Sumerian religion

Sumerian religion refers to the mythology, pantheon, rites and cosmology of the Sumerian civilization. The Sumerian religion influenced Mesopotamian mythology as a whole, surviving in the mythologies and religions of the Hurrians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and other culture...