ganzer

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Variant: ganṣer
Meanings:
entry to the underworld
de:German: Deutsch Eingang zur Unterwelt
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Domain: Cosmic geography
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Sum.Sumerian word
5Attestations

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [š]a ina ga-an-zìr/ṣir nadû [...] [ša] ina karašê nadû AOAT 275, 542 BM 68031 9 eBL “who is thrown into the underworld, who is headed for disaster”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) mēlīt šamāmī simmilat ga-an-zìr/ṣir Iraq 47, 4 ii 15 “(Imgur-Enlil, great wall of Babylon,) stairway to heaven, stairs to the underworld”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [m]arkas ermi Anu u ga-an-zìr/ṣir Iraq 48, 133: B 5 eBL “(tablet of destiny), which connects Anu’s canopy with the underworld”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ušaṣbissunūtu ga-an-zìr/ṣir MesCiv. 16, 328 K / K.20957 12b eBL “(DN) had them (= the 'dead gods') take their place in G.” Referring to a room in Eturkalamma (see Lambert ib. 49f.). new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) gašru nūr Igigī u Anunnakī lamassi ašri (u) ga-an-zer Fadhil/Jiménez 2022, 240: 80 eBL “powerful light of the Igigi and the Anunnaki, guardian of heavens and the netherworld”. new

Discussion

Cf. the discussion by George 1986, 135 note on 5.

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