Kutha | |
  Shown within Iraq | |
| Alternative name | Cuthah |
|---|---|
| Location | Babil Governorate, Iraq |
| Region | Mesopotamia |
| Coordinates | 32°45′36.1″N 44°36′46.3″E / 32.760028°N 44.612861°E |
| Type | tell |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1881 |
| Archaeologists | Hormuzd 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]
- ^ 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