Allatum
Allatum is a foreign or minor deity who was among those venerated by queen Shulgi-simti, one of Shulgi's wives, during the Ur III period.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Venerated by queen Shulgi-simti during Ur III period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nanaya, Belet-Šuḫnir, Belet-Terraban, Lagamal, Ikshudum, Šauška, Gula, Ereshkigal, Hutena, Hutellura, Sun goddess of the Earth, Bau, Ninshubur, Ningishzida, Ninsun, Geshtinanna, Haya, Ninazu, Meslamtaea, Alammuš, Ninurima, Ninpumuna, Bitu, Amar-Sin, Ningirida, Ninazimua, Annunitum, Dagan, Nabarbi, Shuwala, Aya, Hebat, dU.GUR, Shaushka of Tameninga, dNIN.URTA, Alla, Belet Nagar, Lubadag, Šimige, Teshub, Nergal, Išḫara, Shamash, Inanna, Gilgamesh
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The queen Shulgi-simti, one of Shulgi's wives, seemed to be a devotee of a number of foreign or minor deities, including Belet Nagar, Išḫara, Allatum, Annunitum, Nanaya, Belet-Šuḫnir and Belet-Terraban.”
#9212 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Under her Mesopotamian name Allatum Allani came to be linked with Lelwani, originally a male god from the Hattian pantheon, who started to be viewed as a goddess due to this equation, as already attested in sources dated to the reign of Hittite king Ḫattušili III. Piotr Taracha argues that Lelwani's name was effectively reassigned to Allatum, who he assumes was venerated as a separate figure from Allani in Anatolia.”
#36756 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Allatum, originally the Akkadian form of the name of the Hurrian underworld goddess Allani, could denote Lelwani in Hittite texts. However, Hurrian Allani and Mesopotamian Ereshkigal were associated with the Hittite and Luwian Sun goddess of the Earth rather than Lelwani.”
#37087 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“she received an offering of sacrificial animals alongside deities such as...Geshtinanna, Allatum, Gilgamesh, the underworld gatekeeper Bitu”
#37192 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Oldest presently known mentions of Shuwala come from documents from Ur from the Ur III period, one of which mentions the staff of temples of this deity, as well as Allatum (Allani) and Annunitum.”
#37282 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001