Du-Ku

Du-Ku or dul-kug[1][2] is an Akkadian or Sumerian, according to author Jim Duyer word[3] for a sacred place.

Translations

According to Wasilewska et al., du-ku translates as "holy hill", "holy mound" [...E-dul-kug... (House which is the holy mound)[4]], or "great mountain"[5][6]

Divine

The location is otherwise alluded to in sacred texts as a specifically identified place of godly judgement.[5]

The hill was the location for ritual offerings to Sumerian god(s).[7] Nungal and the Anunna dwell upon the holy hill[8] in a text written from Gilgamesh.[9]

gollark: I WILL CONSUME YOUR SOULS!
gollark: <@!235768051683950593> Do you have access to working lasers on SC still?
gollark: WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
gollark: <@!235768051683950593> I tried running a Krist node. They don't support it and it's all broken horribly.
gollark: Npe.

See also

Göbekli Tepe

Ekur

See also

Hymn to the E-kur

libation

Shamash

Sumerian religion

References

Jeremy Black (Assyriologist) & Anthony Green (Near Eastern archaeologist)

Adam Falkenstein

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