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title: Goddess Kubaba
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7198/goddess-kubaba/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Goddess Kubaba

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Goddess Kubaba](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7198.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7198.jpg)

## Image Caption

This image shows two objects: The free-standing basalt stele depicts the goddess Kubaba, consort of the storm [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) Teshub, and one of the most important deities at the [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of Carchemish. Kubaba stands below a winged-disc and holds a pomegranate and a mirror. It was found in Berick, near Carchemish, modern-day South-East [Turkey](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/). The lower relic is a basalt stele base inscribed with Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions. The right side of the base mentions a name of an official who states that (in the main text) "No one used to fill in \[the goddess\] Kubaba's granary but she made me house-lord and I filled it with cereal and wine". The Luwian language is related to [Hittite](https://www.worldhistory.org/hittite/) and was used in the Neo-Hittite regions of modern-day [Syria](https://www.worldhistory.org/syria/) during the 1st millennium BCE. the base was found in Yusuf Beg, modern-day Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Both objects date back to the Neo-Hittite Period, 9th century BCE and both are currently housed in the British Museum in London.

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2017, September 06). Goddess Kubaba. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7198/goddess-kubaba/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Goddess Kubaba." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 06, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7198/goddess-kubaba/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Goddess Kubaba." *World History Encyclopedia*, 06 Sep 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7198/goddess-kubaba/>.

## License & Copyright

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