who is nergal
Nergal is the (southern) Mesopotamian god of death, pestilence and plague, and Lord of the Underworld. The kudurru of the Kassite king Meli-Å ipak (r. 1186-1172 BCE) at the Louvre Museum. The second register from the top on the left side shows the symbol of Nergal, a weapon on top of a dragon.