Athirat
Athirat was a goddess also known from Ugarit. According to Andrew R. George and Manfred Krebernik, the name ʔAṯeratum (a-še-ra-tum) in a bilingual Akkadian-Amorite lexical list from the Old Babylonian period designated Athirat, rather than the Mesopotamian goddess Ašratum.
↻ synthesized from 12 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Ugaritic texts.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- ʾil-ʾib, Dagnu, Ba'l Ṣapān, Shachar, Shalim, Raḥmayyu, Šaggar, Yarikh, Mardu, Ptah, Mot, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Kothar, Gupan, Ugar, Tallay, Shapshu, Arsay, Baʿal, Shapash, Sheger, Ithm, Shatiqatu, Horonu, Ninhursag, Shalash, Kiririsha, Ḫannaḫanna, Hadad, Asherah, Išḫara, Dagan, Resheph, Sin, Ashtart, Qetesh, ʿAṯtar, Yam, Baal, Pidray, Lotan, Athtar
- allied with
- Ba'al Hadad, Baʿal Hadad, Anat
- served by
- Qudšu, Amrur, Qodesh-wa-Amrur
- enemy of
- Kirta
Mentioned by
- Bēlet-ilī
- Ninhursag
- Shalash
- Kiririsha
- Ḫannaḫanna
- Hadad
- Asherah
- Išḫara
- Dagan
- Resheph
- Sin
- Ashtart
- Qetesh
- ʿAṯtar
- Yam
- Baal
and 7 more
Sources
Source passages
“In a bilingual Akkadian-Amorite lexical list from the Old Babylonian period which presumably originated in southern Mesopotamia, DIĜIR.MAḪ (Bēlet-ilī) was equated with an Amorite deity named ʔAṯeratum (a-še-ra-tum), but according to Andrew R. George and Manfred Krebernik in this context the name designated Athirat”
#10281 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The names of these wives are not explicitly provided, but some confusing rubrics at the beginning of the account mention the goddess Athirat, who is otherwise El's chief wife, and the goddess Raḥmayyu ('the one of the womb').”
#11653 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In one of the offering lists from this city, Šaggar-wa-‘Iṯum receive a single ram after Athirat and before Shapash. According to Dennis Pardee, this is the only reference to the pair in ritual texts.”
#19429 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“While the total number of the names invoking Yarikh and adjacent deities is smaller than that of these invoking Baal, Resheph or Shapash, he is nonetheless better attested in this capacity than multiple deities who appear frequently in myths, such as Athirat, Attar, Yam or Ashtart.”
#19569 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Afterward, with the help of Athirat and Anat, Ba'al persuades El to allow him a palace.”
#22651 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001