Utu

Mesopotamian · deity · primordial · deity

Sun god, all-seeing arbiter of justice and law.

Parentage

Nanna

Domains

sun
justice law

Powers

Beholding all deeds on earth as he crosses the sky
Judging the righteous and the wicked as divine arbiter

Epithets

bēl dīni
dayyān šamê u erṣeti
nūr ilāni
Babbar

Relations

sibling: Ereshkigal
sibling: Inanna
equated with: Shapshu
equated with: Nahhunte
equated with: Shimige

Sources

Hymn to Utu

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