Nergal Timeline

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c. 2900 BCE - 2700 BCE
Nergal first appears in Mesopotamian religion as a regional god of Kutha known as Meslamtaea.
2047 BCE - 1750 BCE
Meslamtaea becomes Nergal/Erra during the Ur III Period of Mesopotamian history.
1344 BCE - 1322 BCE
Nergal as Aplu the Plague God cited for bringing the plague during the reign of Hittite King Suppiluliuma I.
c. 800 BCE
Probable date of composition of The Wrath of Erra, describing Nergal's destruction of Babylon.
c. 626 BCE - 539 BCE
Best known copy of The Marriage of Ereshkigal and Nergal written during the Neo-Babylonian Period of Mesopotamian history.