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Tammuz (Assyro-Babylonian deity)

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Topical headingTammuz (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
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Variant(s)Ama-ga (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Dumu-zid (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Dumuzi (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Sipad (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
U-lu-lu (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
See alsoGods, Assyro-Babylonian
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Found inWork cat.: 99899175: ʻAbd al-Wāḥid, F. ʻIshtār wa-maʼsāt Tammūz, 1999.
Britannica Micropedia: v. 11, p. 532 (Tammuz, Akkadian Dumuzi, Sumerian Dumu-zid; god of fertility in Mesopotamian religion; originally pastoral deity, with epithet Sipad (Shepherd), later agricultural deity, with 2 variant designations for him: Ama-ga (Mother Milk) and U-lu-lu (Multiplier of Pasture))