Alla
Alla is a minor Mesopotamian god associated with the underworld. Allatum was proposed to be Alla's feminine counterpart, and possibly wife.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -1600
- Historical notes
- Underworld deity associated with Ninpumuna in Ur III period offering lists.
Relationships
- consort of
- Allatum
- co occurs with
- Bitu, Amar-Sin, Ningirida, Ninazimua, Ninpumuna, Alla-gula, Lamga, Qingu, Mummu, Azimua, Belet-Seri, Gubarra, Irnina, Ningiridda, Amashilama, Labarshilama, Ekurritum, Ipahum, Gishbandagirizal, Lugalsaparku, Lugalshude, Namengarshudu, Usheg, Allani, Šauška, Shamash, Inanna, Belet-Šuḫnir, Bau, Ninshubur, Ninsun, Geshtinanna, Haya, Meslamtaea, Alammuš, Ninurima, Damu, Alalu, Gilgamesh, Anu, Enlil, Ningirsu, Amurru, Ashratum
- allied with
- Ninpumuna, Ningishzida, Ninazu
- serves
- Ningishzida, Enmesharra
Mentioned by
- Allani
- Šauška
- Shamash
- Inanna
- Belet-Šuḫnir
- Bau
- Ninshubur
- Ninsun
- Geshtinanna
- Haya
- Meslamtaea
- Alammuš
- Ninurima
- Damu
- Alalu
- Gilgamesh
and 6 more
Sources
Source passages
“In 1980 Wilfred G. Lambert proposed that Allatum, who he understood as the same deity as Ereshkigal in origin, was the feminine counterpart, and possibly wife, of a minor Mesopotamian god associated with the underworld, Alla.”
#36732 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“in one also and Ningirida, Ningishzida, Ninazimua, Alla and a deity whose name is not fully preserved”
#37200 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Alla is also the name applied to the god in the Standard Babylonian version of Atrahasis, replacing Wê known from Old Babylonian copies. She suggests that in this context his name was understood as a pun on the word al, "hoe", referencing his role as a worker.”
#38801 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Ningishzida's sukkal was Alla, a minor underworld god, depicted as a bald beardless man, without the horned crown associated with divinity...most likely another Dumuzi-like deity whose temporary death was described in laments”
#39379 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5