Mesopotamian underworld

Articles relating to the Ancient Mesopotamian underworld (Kur, Irkalla, Kukku, Arali, Kigal, Erṣetu), the lowermost part of the ancient near eastern cosmos, roughly parallel to the region known as Tartarus from early Greek cosmology. It was described as a dark, dreary cavern located deep below the ground, where inhabitants were believed to continue "a transpositional version of life on earth". The only food or drink was dry dust, but family members of the deceased would pour sacred mineral libations from the earth for them to drink.

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