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Geshtinanna, the Glossary

Geshtinanna was a Mesopotamian goddess best known due to her role in myths about the death of Dumuzi, her brother.^[1]

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Ašratum

Ašratum (dAš-ra-tum, in Larsa dA-ši-ra-tum) was a Mesopotamian goddess of Amorite origin. Geshtinanna and Ašratum are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Akkadian language

Akkadian (translit)John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

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Amurru (god)

Amurru, also known under the Sumerian name Martu (in Sumerian and Sumerograms: 𒀭𒈥𒌅), was a Mesopotamian god who served as the divine personification of the Amorites.

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Ancient Mesopotamian underworld

The ancient Mesopotamian underworld (known in Sumerian as Kur, Irkalla, Kukku, Arali, or Kigal, and in Akkadian as Erṣetu), was the lowermost part of the ancient near eastern cosmos, roughly parallel to the region known as Tartarus from early Greek cosmology. Geshtinanna and ancient Mesopotamian underworld are Mesopotamian underworld.

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Andrew R. George

Andrew R. George (born 1955) is a British Assyriologist and academic best known for his edition and translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh.

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Annunitum

Annunitum (also romanized as Anunītu) was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with warfare. Geshtinanna and Annunitum are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Anu

Anu (𒀭𒀭, from 𒀭 an "Sky", "Heaven") or Anum, originally An (𒀭), was the divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion.

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Aruru (goddess)

Aruru was a Mesopotamian goddess. Geshtinanna and Aruru (goddess) are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Aya (goddess)

Aya was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with dawn. Geshtinanna and Aya (goddess) are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Azimua

Azimua, also known as Ninazimua, was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of Ningishzida. Geshtinanna and Azimua are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Bad-tibira

Bad-tibira (Sumerian:, bad3-tibiraki), "Wall of the Copper Worker(s)", or "Fortress of the Smiths", identified as modern Tell al-Madineh (also Tell Madineh), between Ash Shatrah and Tell as-Senkereh (ancient Larsa) and 33 kilometers northeast of ancient Girsu in southern Iraq, was an ancient Sumerian city on the Iturungal canal (built by Ur III ruler Ur-Nammu), which appears among antediluvian cities in the Sumerian King List.

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Belet-Seri

Belet-Seri was a Mesopotamian goddess who served as a scribe in the court of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal. Geshtinanna and Belet-Seri are Mesopotamian goddesses, Mesopotamian underworld and underworld goddesses.

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Belili

Belili was a Mesopotamian goddess. Geshtinanna and Belili are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Cuneiform

Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic writing system that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East.

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Cylinder seal

A cylinder seal is a small round cylinder, typically about one inch (2 to 3 cm) in length, engraved with written characters or figurative scenes or both, used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a two-dimensional surface, generally wet clay.

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Dagon

Dagon (דָּגוֹן, Dāgōn) or Dagan (𒀭𒁕𒃶; Dāgān) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria across the middle of the Euphrates, with primary temples located in Tuttul and Terqa, though many attestations of his cult come from cities such as Mari and Emar as well.

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Damu

Damu (𒀭𒁕𒈬.) was a Mesopotamian god.

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Dumuzid

Dumuzid or Dumuzi or Tammuz (𒌉𒍣|Dumuzid; italic; Tammūz), known to the Sumerians as Dumuzid the Shepherd (𒌉𒍣𒉺𒇻|Dumuzid sipad) and to the Canaanites as '''Adon''' (Proto-Hebrew: 𐤀𐤃𐤍), is an ancient Mesopotamian and Levantine deity associated with agriculture and shepherds, who was also the first and primary consort of the goddess Inanna (later known as Ishtar).

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Duttur

Duttur (Sumerian language:𒀭𒁍𒁺, dBU-du) was a Mesopotamian goddess best known as the mother of Dumuzid. Geshtinanna and Duttur are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Dynasty of Dunnum

The Dynasty of Dunnum, sometimes called the Theogony of Dunnum or Dunnu or the Harab Myth, is an ancient Mesopotamian mythical tale of successive generations of gods who take power through parricide and live incestuously with their mothers and/or sisters, until, according to a reconstruction of the broken text, more acceptable behavior prevailed with the last generation of gods, Enlil and his twin sons Nušku and Ninurta, who share rule amicably.

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Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)

The Early Dynastic period (abbreviated ED period or ED) is an archaeological culture in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) that is generally dated to and was preceded by the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods.

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Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL) is an online digital library of texts and translations of Sumerian literature that was created by a now-completed project based at the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford.

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Enannatum I

Enannatum I (𒂗𒀭𒈾𒁺), son of Akurgal, succeeded his brother E-anna-tum as Ensi (ruler, king) of Lagash.

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Epithet

An epithet, also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing.

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Gallu

In Sumerian and ancient Mesopotamian religion, gallûs (also called gallas; Akkadian gallû The goddess Inanna was pursued by gallu demons after being escorted from the Underworld by Galatura and Kuryara. In the Descent, it is stated that said demons know no food, know no drink, eat no flour offering, drink no libation. Geshtinanna and gallu are Mesopotamian underworld.

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Girsu

Girsu (Sumerian Ĝirsu; cuneiform 𒄈𒋢𒆠) was a city of ancient Sumer, situated some northwest of Lagash, at the site of what is now Tell Telloh in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. Geshtinanna and Girsu are Lagash.

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Gudea

Gudea (Sumerian:, Gu3-de2-a) was a ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia, who ruled –2060 BC (short chronology) or 2144–2124 BC (middle chronology).

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Gula (goddess)

Gula (Sumerian: "the great") was a Mesopotamian goddess of medicine, portrayed as a divine physician and midwife. Geshtinanna and Gula (goddess) are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Gunura

Gunura was a Mesopotamian goddess, best known as a daughter and member of the entourage of the medicine goddess Ninisina. Geshtinanna and Gunura are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Hadad

Hadad (𐎅𐎄|translit.

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Išḫara

Išḫara was a goddess originally worshipped in Ebla and other nearby settlements in the north of modern Syria in the third millennium BCE. Geshtinanna and Išḫara are Mesopotamian goddesses and underworld goddesses.

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Inanna

Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. Geshtinanna and Inanna are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Isin

Isin (modern Arabic: Ishan al-Bahriyat) is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq which was the location of the Ancient Near East city of Isin, occupied from the late 4th millennium Uruk period up until at least the late 1st millennium BC Neo-Babylonian period.

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Kassites

The Kassites were people of the ancient Near East, who controlled Babylonia after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire and until (short chronology).

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Kuara

Kuara is the god of thunder in Turkic mythology, and the son of Tengri.

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Lagash

Lagash (cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian: Lagaš) was an ancient city state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Al-Shatrah, Iraq.

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Lapis lazuli

Lapis lazuli, or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.

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Legislator

A legislator, or lawmaker, is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature.

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List of Mesopotamian deities

Deities in ancient Mesopotamia were almost exclusively anthropomorphic.

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Lugal-zage-si

Lugal-Zage-Si (LUGAL.ZAG.GE.SI; frequently spelled Lugalzaggesi, sometimes Lugalzagesi or "Lugal-Zaggisi") of Umma (reigned 2358 – 2334 BCE middle chronology) was the last Sumerian king before the conquest of Sumer by Sargon of Akkad and the rise of the Akkadian Empire, and was considered as the only king of the third dynasty of Uruk, according to the Sumerian King List.

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Mīšaru

Mīšaru (Misharu), possibly also known as Ili-mīšar, was a Mesopotamian god regarded as the personification of justice, sometimes portrayed as a divine judge.

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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.

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Mušḫuššu

The mušḫuššu (𒈲𒍽; formerly also read as sirrušu or sirrush) or mushkhushshu is a creature from ancient Mesopotamian mythology.

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Nanshe

Nanshe (𒀭𒀏 dNANŠE (AB✕ḪA)) was a Mesopotamian goddess in various contexts associated with the sea, marshlands, the animals inhabiting these biomes, namely bird and fish, as well as divination, dream interpretation, justice, social welfare, and certain administrative tasks. Geshtinanna and Nanshe are Lagash and Mesopotamian goddesses.

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NIN (cuneiform)

The Sumerian word NIN (𒎏), later borrowed into Akkadian, was used to denote a queen or a priestess, and is often translated as "lady". Geshtinanna and NIN (cuneiform) are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Ninegal

Ninegal (also spelled Ninegalla) or Belat Ekalli (Belet-ekalli) was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with palaces. Geshtinanna and Ninegal are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Ningal

Ningal (Sumerian: "Great Queen"; Akkadian Nikkal) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of the moon god, Nanna/Sin. Geshtinanna and Ningal are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Ningishzida

Ningishzida (Sumerian: DNIN.G̃IŠ.ZID.DA, possible meaning "Lord Good Tree") was a Mesopotamian deity of vegetation, the underworld and sometimes war. Geshtinanna and Ningishzida are Lagash.

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Ninisina

Ninisina (Sumerian: "Mistress of Isin") was a Mesopotamian goddess who served as the tutelary deity of the city of Isin. Geshtinanna and Ninisina are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Ninkarrak

Ninkarrak (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒋼𒀀𒊏𒀝, dnin-kar-ra-ak) was a goddess of medicine worshiped chiefly in northern Mesopotamia and Syria. Geshtinanna and Ninkarrak are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Ninmug

Ninmug or Ninmuga was a Mesopotamian goddess. Geshtinanna and Ninmug are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Ninshubur

Ninshubur (Ninšubur, "Lady of Subartu" or "Lady of servants"), also spelled Ninšubura, was a Mesopotamian goddess whose primary role was that of the sukkal (divine attendant) of the goddess Inanna. Geshtinanna and Ninshubur are Lagash, Mesopotamian goddesses and Wisdom goddesses.

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Ninsianna

Ninsianna (Sumerian: "Red Queen of Heaven") was a Mesopotamian deity considered to be the personification of Venus. Geshtinanna and Ninsianna are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Ninsun

Ninsun (also called Ninsumun, cuneiform: dNIN.SUMUN2; Sumerian: Nin-sumun(ak) "lady of the wild cows") was a Mesopotamian goddess. Geshtinanna and Ninsun are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Ninurta

Ninurta (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒅁:, possible meaning "Lord Barley"), also known as Ninĝirsu (𒀭𒎏𒄈𒋢:, meaning "Lord Girsu"), is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with farming, healing, hunting, law, scribes, and war who was first worshipped in early Sumer.

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Nippur

Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory: Vol. 1, Part 1, Cambridge University Press, 1970 Akkadian: Nibbur) was an ancient Sumerian city.

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Old Babylonian Empire

The Old Babylonian Empire, or First Babylonian Empire, is dated to, and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period.

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Police officer

A police officer (also called a policeman (male) or policewoman (female), a cop, an officer, or less commonly a constable) is a warranted law employee of a police force.

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Puzrish-Dagan

Puzrish-Dagan (modern Drehem) is an important archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate (Iraq).

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Seleucid Empire

The Seleucid Empire (lit) was a Greek power in West Asia during the Hellenistic period.

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Shala

Shala (Šala) was a Mesopotamian goddess of weather and grain and the wife of the weather god Adad. Geshtinanna and Shala are Mesopotamian goddesses.

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Shamash

Shamash (Akkadian: šamaš), also known as Utu (Sumerian: dutu "Sun") was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god.

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Shara (god)

Shara (Sumerian: 𒀭𒁈, dšara2) was a Mesopotamian god associated with the city of Umma and other nearby settlements.

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Shulgi

Shulgi (dšul-gi, formerly read as Dungi) of Ur was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur.

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Shuruppak

Shuruppak (𒋢𒆳𒊒𒆠, SU.KUR.RUki, "the healing place"), modern Tell Fara, was an ancient Sumerian city situated about 55 kilometres (35 mi) south of Nippur and 30 kilometers north of ancient Uruk on the banks of the Euphrates in Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.

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Sibling-in-law

A sibling-in-law is the spouse of one's sibling, the sibling of one's spouse or the person who is married to the sibling of one's spouse.

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Sin (mythology)

Sin or Suen (𒀭𒂗𒍪, dEN.ZU) also known as Nanna (𒀭𒋀𒆠 DŠEŠ.KI, DNANNA) is the Mesopotamian god representing the moon.

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Sippar

Sippar (Sumerian:, Zimbir) was an ancient Near Eastern Sumerian and later Babylonian city on the east bank of the Euphrates river.

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Suffix

In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word.

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Sukkal

Sukkal (conventionally translated from Sumerian as "vizier") was a term which could denote both a type of official and a class of deities in ancient Mesopotamia.

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Sumerian language

Sumerian (Also written 𒅴𒄀 eme-gi.ePSD2 entry for emegir.|'native language'|) was the language of ancient Sumer.

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Syncretism

Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.

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Tell al-Rimah

Tell al-Rimah (also Tell ar-Rimah) is an archaeological settlement mound, in Nineveh Province (Iraq) roughly west of Mosul and ancient Nineveh in the Sinjar region.

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Theophoric name

A theophoric name (from Greek: θεόφορος, theophoros, literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or God's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that deity.

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Third Dynasty of Ur

The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, refers to a 22nd to 21st century BC (middle chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of Ur and a short-lived territorial-political state which some historians consider to have been a nascent empire.

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Udug

The udug, later known in Akkadian as the utukku, were an ambiguous class of demons from ancient Mesopotamian mythology.

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Umma

Umma (𒄑𒆵𒆠; in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell Jokha. More recently it has been suggested that it was located at Umm al-Aqarib, less than to its northwest or was even the name of both cities.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geshtinanna

Also known as Geshtin-Ana, Geshtinana, Gestinanna, Ngeshtin-ana.

, Ninisina, Ninkarrak, Ninmug, Ninshubur, Ninsianna, Ninsun, Ninurta, Nippur, Old Babylonian Empire, Police officer, Puzrish-Dagan, Seleucid Empire, Shala, Shamash, Shara (god), Shulgi, Shuruppak, Sibling-in-law, Sin (mythology), Sippar, Suffix, Sukkal, Sumerian language, Syncretism, Tell al-Rimah, Theophoric name, Third Dynasty of Ur, Udug, Umma, Ur, Ur-Baba, Ur-gigir, Ur-Nammu, Ur-nigin, Uraš, Uruk, Urukagina, Vitis, Weidner god list, Wilfred G. Lambert.

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Lagash

Mesopotamian underworld

Scribes

Wisdom goddesses

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