1. Ur-Zababa 's mother is unknown. 2. For unknown reasons, Ur-Zababa appoints Sargon as his cup-bearer. 3. In ancient Mesopotamia, Zababa was the tutelary god of the city of Kassite king of Babylon ). 4. Sargon the Great of the Akkadian Empire may have played a role in Ur-Zababa 's downfall. 5. Shutruk-Nahhunte led an assault on northern Babylonia which resulted in the end of Zababa -auma-iddina s reign. 6. He made a votive offering of an engraved gold belt to the statue of Kia he reconstructed the Emete ursag for Zababa . 7. He began his career in about 701 BC as a junior apprentice scribe but eventually became chief temple administrator of the god Zababa . 8. In Akkadian times the city's patron deity was Zababa ( or Zamama ), along with his wife, the goddess Inanna. 9. "' Qurdi-Nergal "'was a priest of the god Zababa of the cities of Erbil, Harran and Huzirina. 10. War resumed under subsequent kings such as Marduk-apla-iddina I ( 1171 1159 BC ) and Zababa -shuma-iddin ( 1158 BC ).
