Tammuz (Assyro-Babylonian deity)

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Name (Hebrew)
תמוז (אליל אשורי-בבלי)
Name (Latin)
Tammuz (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Other forms of name
Tammuz (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Tammuz (Deity)
Ama-ga (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Dumu-zid (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Dumuzi (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Sipad (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
U-lu-lu (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
See Also From tracing topical name
Gods, Assyro-Babylonian
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q549619
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 99899175: ʻAbd al-Wāḥid, F. ʻIshtār wa-maʼsāt Tammūz, 1999.
  • Britannica Micropedia:v. 11, p. 532 (Tammuz, Akkadian Dumuzi, Sumerian Dumu-zid; god of fertility in Mesopotamian religion; originally pastoral deity, with epithet Sipad (Shepherd), later agricultural deity, with 2 variant designations for him: Ama-ga (Mother Milk) and U-lu-lu (Multiplier of Pasture))