Editing Nergal (section)

===Iconography===
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Nergal's role as a war god was exemplified by some of his attributes: mace, dagger and bow.{{sfn|Wiggermann|1998|p=222}} A mace with three lion-shaped heads and a scimitar adorned with leonine decorations often appear as Nergal's weapons on [[cylinder seal]]s.{{sfn|Wiggermann|1998a|p=224}} He was also often depicted in a type of flat cap commonly, but not exclusively, worn by underworld deities in Mesopotamian glyptic art.{{sfn|Wiggermann|1998a|p=224}}

Bulls and lions were associated with Nergal.{{sfn|Wiggermann|1998a|p=223}} On the basis of this connection it has been proposed that minor deities with bull-like ears on Old Babylonian terracotta plaques and cylinder seals might have been depictions of unspecified members of Nergal's entourage.{{sfn|Wiggermann|1998a|p=223}} An entry in the explanatory god list ''An = Anu ša amēli'' seemingly associates Nergal with [[chameleon]]s, as his title ''Bar-''MUŠEN''-na'', explained as "Nergal of rage" (''ša uzzi'') is like a scribal mistake for ''bar-gun<sub>3</sub>-(gun<sub>3</sub>)-na'' ("the one with a colorful exterior"), presumed to be the Akkadian term for chameleon; Ryan D. Winters suggests that the animal's color changing might have been associated with mood swings or choleric temperament, and additionally that it was perceived as a "[[chthonic]]" being.{{sfn|Lambert|Winters|2023|p=259}}

War standards could serve as a symbolic representation of Nergal too, and the Assyrians armies in particular were often accompanied by such devotional objects during campaigns.{{sfn|Wiggermann|1998a|pp=225–226}} A similar symbol also represented Nergal on ''[[kudurru]]'', inscribed boundary stones.{{sfn|Seidl|1989|p=74}}