Ēkur

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Meanings:
(temple of Enlil at Nippur); (the underworld as abode of demons)
de:German: Deutsch (Tempel des Enlil in Nippur); (die Unterwelt als Sitz der Dämonen)
fr:French: Français (Temple d'Enlil à Nippur) ; (les Enfers, repaire des démons)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Borrowed < Sum.Sumerian ekur
1Attestations

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) utukku lā ⸢nê⸣ʾi ūṣâ ⸢ištu⸣ é.kur Ludlul II 54 eBL “a relentless utukku -demon came out of the (netherworld) abode”. Note the var. form ēkurriš in Ludlul III 72.

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