Definitions for Nusku

Nusku Nus·ku

Spelling: [noo s-koo]
IPA: /ˈnʊs kʊ/

Nusku is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in Nusku (knsuu).

Definitions for Nusku

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  1. a Sumerian and Babylonian deity, originally the vizier of Enlil.

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Nusku was the messenger of the gods and without him the King of Heaven could not pass judgment upon anything.

But however we may choose to account for it, the prominence of Nusku is obscured by Nabu.

A later—chiefly theoretical—amalgamation of Nabu with a god Nusku will be discussed in a subsequent chapter.

A hymn to Nusku in his character of fire-god is also descriptive and picturesque.

The god Sin remained over the (sacred) standard, two crowns upon his head, (and) the god Nusku stood beside him.

Associated with them is Nusku, the messenger of the gods, who was given prominence in Assyria.

The fire-god appears in the texts under the double form of Gibil and Nusku.

Nusku and Nabu are, however, probably connected in some way, but exactly in what manner is obscure.

Gibil and Nusku are called 'sons of Anu'; Gibil, indeed, is spoken of as the first-born of heaven, and the image of his father.

On the other hand, the manner in which Ashurbanabal speaks of him reflects the mythological aspect of Nusku.

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