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  アブズまたはアプス（シュメール語: 𒀊𒍪、abzu、アッカド語:Assyrian cuneiform U1200A MesZL 223.svgAssyrian cuneiform U1236A MesZL 15.svg、Akkadian）と呼ばれ、engur（楔形文字：𒇉, LAGAB×HAL;; Sumerian: engur; Akkadian: engurru-lit. ab=「水」 zu=「深い」、ギリシャ語ではἈπασών Apasṓ<ref>https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/apsu-e129820?lang=fr, Brill - Apsȗ, October 2006, Brill, doi:10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e129820</ref>と表記）と呼ばれ、シュメールやアッカドの神話では宗教的に肥沃な地下帯水からの淡水の名前であった。   The '''Abzu''' or '''Apsu''' ([[Sumerian language|Sumerian]]: {{lang|sux|{{cuneiform|𒀊𒍪}}}} {{transl|sux|abzu}}; [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]: {{lang|akk|{{cuneiform|7|[[File:Assyrian cuneiform U1200A MesZL 223.svg|25px]][[File:Assyrian cuneiform U1236A MesZL 15.svg|31px]]}}}} {{transl|akk|apsû}}), also called {{transl|sux|engur}} ([[Cuneiform]]:{{cuneiform|𒇉}}, {{transl|sux|LAGAB×HAL}}; [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]]: {{transl|sux|engur}}; [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]: {{transl|akk|engurru}}—{{Literal translation|}} {{transl|ak|ab}}='water' {{transl|akk|zu}}='deep', recorded in Greek as {{lang|grc|{{script|Grek|Ἀπασών}}}} {{transl|grc|Apasṓn}}<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/apsu-e129820?lang=fr|title= Brill - Apsȗ |date= October 2006 |publisher= Brill |doi=10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e129820|lang=fr}}</ref>), is the name for fresh water from underground [[aquifer]]s which was given a religious fertilising quality in [[Sumerian religion|Sumerian]] and [[Akkadian literature#Mythology|Akkadian]] mythology. Lakes, springs, rivers, wells, and other sources of fresh water were thought to draw their water from the abzu. In Sumerian and Akkadian mythology, it is referred to as the '''primeval sea''' below the void space of the underworld ([[Kur]]) and the earth ([[Ma (Sumerian mythology)|Ma]]) above.