(M16)

An (1)

Alternative parentage: none, but created by Nammu;
[R69] Ansar and Kisar;[R69] Abzu and Tiamat[R69]

Supreme being and creator god.[J22]
God of heaven.
[R69]
Worshipped between c. 3500 BC to 2000 BC, and continued in Akkadian as Anu until 100 BC or later.
[J22]
The centre of his cult was at Uruk.
[I38]
Killed and flayed by Marduk.
[R69]
He is eventually taken over by Enlil as the supreme Sumerian national god.
[J22]


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