About this deity
Nusku was a minister to Enlil and associated with fire and light. He was oftentimes depicted with as a lamp.
Also known as
Nusku (Akkadian)Nuska (Sumerian)
Parent belief system
Assyrian Religion · Polytheistic · 1 mythAssyrian religion was adapted from Babylonian and Akkadian culture during the first two centuries BCE. The religion was practiced from roughly 2000-500 BCE in modern-day Iraq and its chief deity was Aššur.
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MLA Modern Language Association (8th ed.)
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Nusku." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 27 Apr. 2020, omnika.org/stable/548. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
APA American Psychological Association (6th ed.)
OMNIKA (2020, April 27). Nusku. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/548
CMS Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.)
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Nusku." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created April 27, 2020. Accessed March 9, 2026. https://omnika.org/stable/548.
Bibliography
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Grayson, Albert K., Grant Frame, Maynard P. Maidman, and Douglas R. Frayne. Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennia BC (to 1115 BC). Vol. 1, The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Assyrian Periods. Edited by Ronald F. G. Sweet. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1987.
Ward, William H. The Seal Cylinders of Western Asia. Washington, D.C.:Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1910.
