Ashgi
deity single tradition · 2
Ashgi is mentioned alongside Ilaba, Ishtar and Ninhursag in a letter of Adab sent by Ishkun-Dagan. Ashgi was one of the main deities of Adab.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Sargonic period
Relationships
- parent of
- Ninhursag
- co occurs with
- Panigingarra, Nin-dingir-re-e-ne, Ninmena, Mama, Lillu, Ilaba, Ištar, Lisin, Enlil, Aruru, Dingirmah, Ninmah, Nintur, Bēlet-ilī
- child of
- Šulpae
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Ilaba is mentioned alongside Ishtar, Ninhursag and Ashgi in a letter of Adab sent by Ishkun-Dagan, who might have been an official residing in the Lagash area during the reign of Shar-Kali-Sharri, to a certain Puzur-Ishtar.”
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“However, Marcos Such-Gutiérrez points out that Šulpae is sparsely attested in sources from this city from the third millennium BCE, and suggests that initially Ashgi was Ninhursag's husband there, but later came to be viewed as her son instead, as attested in the god list An = Anum.”
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