Du-Ku
Du-Ku or dul-kug [du6-ku3] [http://shebtiw.wordpress.com/great-men/mesopotamia/ wordpress] citing (1963)Kramer's : Sumerian Mythology & Black & Green's : God's Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia / retrieved 09:27 15.10.11[http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section4/tr4804.htm translation of Sumerian-Copyright © J.A. Black, G. Cunningham, E. Robson, and G. Zólyomi 1998, 1999, 2000; J.A. Black, G. Cunningham, E. Flückiger-hawker, E. Robson, J. Taylor, and G. Zólyomi 2001. The authors have asserted their moral rights.] retrieved 10:51 15.10.11 is a Sumerian word for a sacred place.[https://books.google.com/books?id=P8fl8BXpR0MC&dq=du-ku+mountain&pg=PA316 Mesopotamian cosmic geography by Wayne Horowitz page .315 (1998] retrieved 09:17 15.10.11)
Translations
According to Wasilewska et al., du-ku translates as "holy hill", "holy mound" [...E-dul-kug... (House which is the holy mound)[http://www.gatewaystobabylon.com/myths/texts/enheduanna/templehymns.htm gateways to babylon.com website ] citing [http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk Black, J.A., Cunningham, G., Robson, E., and Zólyomi, G., [The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature /, Oxford 1998 ] retrieved here10:41 15.10.11], or "great mountain"[https://books.google.com/books?id=sMj1tyho3CoC&dq=du-ku+mountain&pg=PA89 Creation stories of the Middle East by Ewa Wasilewska page .89 (2000 ] retrieved 09:29 15.10.11)
According to the University of Pennsylvania online dictionary of Sumerian and Akkadian languages, du-ku is actually du6-ku3, with du6 being defined as a mound or ruin mound, and ku3 as either ritually pure or shining: it is used in the texts on the Univ. of Oxford site as "shining". There is no mention of nor association with the term "holy", and instead it represents a cultic and cosmic place.
Divine
The location is otherwise alluded to in sacred texts as a specifically identified place of godly judgement.{{cite web | url = http://text.farmsresearch.com/publications/books/?bookid=21&chapid=112 |title=E. Jan Wilson (author) at the Neal A.Maxwell Institute, Brigham Young University (Copyright 2011)| accessdate = 2011-10-15 }}
The hill was the location for ritual offerings to Sumerian god(s).[https://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5010849793 Journal article by T.M. Sharlach; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 124, 2004] retrieved 11:35 15.10.11
Nungal and the Anunna dwell upon the holy hill[https://openlibrary.org/search?isbn=3406535003 K. Schmidt: Sie bauten die ersten Tempel. Das rätselhafte Heiligtum der Steinzeitjäger. Verlag C.H. Beck, München 2006] {{ISBN|3-406-53500-3}}. retrieved 11:52 15.10.11 in a text written from Gilgamesh.[http://www.sitchiniswrong.com/AnunnakiFalkensteinEnglish.pdf The Anunna in the Sumerian Tradition] A. Falkenstein (translated by K.E. Berry) page 131. Retrieved 15.10.11
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