The Assembly

The Pantheon

Sumerian religion was civic: each great god held a city and a portfolio, and the council met to ratify what the strongest among them had already decided.

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CityAll Eridu Kesh Kur Nippur Sippar Ur Uruk

ThemesBirth Celestial Craft Creation Earth Justice Kingship Love Sky Storm The Flood Time Underworld War Water

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Crescent moon standard above a stepped ziggurat under a deep night sky

Nanna

The moon, calendars · Ur

Called Sin in Akkadian. His crescent measured the month; his great ziggurat at Ur still stands in outline on the plain.

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