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Du-Ku or dul-kug is an Akkadian word for a sacred place.

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According to Wasilewska et al., du-ku translates as "holy hill", "holy mound" [...E-dul-kug... (House which is the holy mound)], or "great mountain"

Divine

The location is otherwise alluded to in sacred texts as a specifically identified place of godly judgement.

The hill was the location for ritual offerings to Sumerian god(s). Nungal and the Anunna dwell upon the holy hill in a text written from Gilgamesh.

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Du-Ku Wikipedia