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Abzu
The Abzu (Cuneiform: , ZU.AB; Sumerian: abzu; Akkadian: ''apsû'', ) also called engur, (Cuneiform:, LAGAB×HAL; Sumerian: engur; Akkadian: ''engurru'') literally, ''ab''='ocean' ''zu''='deep', was the name for the primeval sea below the void space of the underworld (Kur) and the earth (Ma) above. It may also refer to fresh water from underground aquifers that was given a religious fertilizing quality. Lakes, springs, rivers, wells, and other sources of fresh water were thought to draw their water from the abzu.
== In Sumerian culture ==
In the city of Eridu, Enki's temple was known as E2-abzu (house of the cosmic waters) and was located at the edge of a swamp, an abzu.〔''Eridu in Sumerian Literature'', Margaret Whitney Green, pages 180-182, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago, 1975.〕 Certain tanks of holy water in Babylonian and Assyrian temple courtyards were also called abzu (''apsû'').〔Black and Green 1992〕 Typical in religious washing, these tanks were similar to Judaism's mikvot, the washing pools of Islamic mosques, or the baptismal font in Christian churches.
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