Mušdam(m)a, inscribed ^d''muš-dam-ma'', and titled ''šidim gal'' ^d''en-líl-lá-ke''₄, "the great builder of

Enlil Enlil, later known as Elil and Ellil, is an List of Mesopotamian deities, ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms. He is first attested as the chief deity of the Sumerian pantheon, but he was later worshipped by t ...

,” was an ancient

Mesopotamia Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq and forms the eastern geographic boundary of ...

n divine architect who was appointed as patron god of house construction by

Enki Enki ( ) is the Sumerian god of water, knowledge ('' gestú''), crafts (''gašam''), and creation (''nudimmud''), and one of the Anunnaki. He was later known as Ea () or Ae p. 324, note 27. in Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) religion, and ...

in the myth “Enki and the World Order.”

Mythology

In his long list of divine appointments in “Enki and the World Order,” his assignment of the god Mušdama is described: He is assigned as building constructor to the role of mason given to Kulla, the brick-god.

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