Kutha

Tell Ibrahim
Kutha
Kutha is located in Iraq
Kutha
Shown within Iraq
Alternative nameCuthah
LocationBabil Governorate, Iraq
RegionMesopotamia
Coordinates32°45′36.1″N 44°36′46.3″E / 32.760028°N 44.612861°E / 32.760028; 44.612861
Typetell
Site notes
Excavation dates1881
ArchaeologistsHormuzd Rassam

Kutha, Cuthah, Cuth or Cutha (Arabic: كُوثَا, Sumerian: Gû.du8.aki, Akkadian: Kûtu), modern Tell Ibrahim (also Tell Habl Ibrahlm) (Arabic: تَلّ إِبْرَاهِيم), is an archaeological site in Babil Governorate, Iraq. The site of Tell Uqair (possibly ancient Urum) is just to the north. The city was occupied from the Old Akkadian period until the Hellenistic period. The city-god of Kutha was Meslamtaea, related to Nergal, and his temple there was named E-Meslam.[1]

  1. ^ Jacobsen, Thorkild and Moran, William L, "Mesopotamian Gods and Pantheons". Toward the Image of Tammuz and Other Essays on Mesopotamian History and Culture, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, pp. 16-38, 1970