ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian and Babylonian-Akkadian) [Iraq]. Shepherd and vegetation god; underworld god.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC or earlier to circa 200 BC.
SYNONYMS Damn; Ama-usum-gal-ana; Tammuz (Hebrew).
ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian and Babylonian-Akkadian) [Iraq]. Shepherd and vegetation god; underworld god.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC or earlier to circa 200 BC.
SYNONYMS Damn; Ama-usum-gal-ana; Tammuz (Hebrew).