Ashratum
An Amorite goddess worshipped in Sumer, known as the wife of Mardu/Amurrum, the supreme deity of the Amorites. She holds the status of consort to the supreme deity and is complemented as "lord of the mountain" (bel shadī). Hammurabi dedicated a limestone slab to her at Sippar, commemorating her with attributes of voluptuousness, joy, tenderness, patience, and mercy.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -1700
- Historical notes
- Hammurabi's dedication inscription from Sippar provides evidence of her worship during the Old Babylonian period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Alla, Azimua, Irnina, Ningiridda, Amashilama, Labarshilama, Ipahum, Gishbandagirizal, Lugalsaparku, Lugalshude, Namengarshudu, Usheg, Anu, Enlil, Gilgamesh, Bau, Ningirsu, Dumuzi, Ningishzida, Geshtinanna, Damu, Ninazu, Enmesharra
- has aspect
- Belet-Seri
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“An Amorite goddess named Ashratum is known to have been worshipped in Sumer. Her Amorite provenance is further supported by her status as the wife of Mardu/Amurrum, the supreme deity of the Amorites.”
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“Belet-Seri could also function as an epithet of Ashratum, the wife of Amurru...In one case Ekurritum was simply identified as an alternate name of Ashratum”
#39376 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5