KUR

Kur is a word from ancient Sumerian that could be used to express a broad variety of possible meanings. In Sumerian mythology, Kur is normally used as a name for the Underworld, which is often personified as the first dragon, the Sumerian equivalent of the Babylonian Tiamat. The same word was often used to refer to the Zagros mountains to the east of Sumer. Additionally, the word could also mean "foreign land." The cuneiform for "kur" was written ideographically with the cuneiform sign ...
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