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Deity Temple District Ziggurat City Personification Plane Position
Abzu[a] Eabzu[b] Eridu[c] Cosmic ocean Primordial deities
Nammu[d] Motherhood Cosmic ocean
Ki[e] Earth Earth
An[f] Eanna[g] Anu district Anu ziggurat Uruk[h] Sky Heaven
Inanna[i] Eanna district[j] Venus Three sky gods
Ekugnuna[k] Love
Esara[l] Zabala[m] Light

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Notes

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  1. ^ Abzu (Sumerian: ๐’ช๐’€Š, romanized: abzu; transliterated: abzu) may have fl.c. 5500 โ€“ c. 2600 BCE.
  2. ^ Eabzu (Sumerian: ๐’‚๐’ช๐’€Š, romanized: eabzu; transliterated: eโ‚‚.abzu) may have been constructed and expanded upon from c. 5300 โ€“ c. 3800 BCE.
  3. ^ Eridu (Sumerian: ๐’‰ฃ๐’† , romanized: eridu; transliterated:โ‰ค eridugki) may have fl.c. 5400 BCE until abandoned c. 4200 โ€“ c. 3700 BCE and occupied again from c. 2900 โ€“ c. 500 BCE.
  4. ^ Sumerian: ๐’€ญ๐’‡‰, romanized: nammu; transliterated: dnammu
  5. ^ Sumerian: ๐’† , romanized: ki; transliterated: ki
  6. ^ Sumerian: ๐’€ญ, romanized: an; transliterated: an
  7. ^ Sumerian: ๐’‚๐’€ญ๐’ˆพ, romanized: eanna; transliterated: eโ‚‚.an.na
  8. ^ Sumerian: ๐’€•๐’† , romanized: uruk; transliterated: unugki
  9. ^ Sumerian: ๐’€ญ๐’ˆน, romanized: inanna; transliterated: dinana
  10. ^ Sumerian: ๐’‚๐’€ญ๐’ˆพ, romanized: eanna; transliterated: eโ‚‚.an.na
  11. ^ Sumerian: ๐’‚๐’†ฌ๐’‰ฃ๐’ˆพ, romanized: ekugnuna; transliterated: eโ‚‚.kug.nun.na
  12. ^ Sumerian: ๐’‚๐’Šฌ, romanized: esara; transliterated: eโ‚‚.ลกar
  13. ^ Sumerian: ๐’€Š๐’ˆน, romanized: esara; transliterated: zabalaโ‚†ki

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