Asaruludu

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Asaruludu is a Sumerian deity.

He carries the flaming sword, oversees the guards and offers protection in the performance of divinely ordained tasks.

In later Babylonian times, the name and function of Asaruludu was assimilated by Marduk . From then on, Asaruludu was one of the 50 names of the Marduk.

literature

Helmut Freydank among others: Lexicon Alter Orient. Egypt * India * China * Western Asia . VMA-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-928127-40-3
Brigitte Groneberg : The gods of the Mesopotamia. Cults, myths, epics . Artemis & Winkler, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-7608-2306-8 .