Šauška
Šauška is a Hurrian deity included in the kaluti (offering lists) dedicated to Ḫepat and formed part of her circle. She was served by Ninatta and Kulitta. She follows Ḫepat and her family on the reliefs from the Yazılıkaya sanctuary and is identified by name in accompanying inscriptions.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- One of the most important deities in the Mitanni state pantheon alongside Teshub and Šimige.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Shuwala, Uršui-Iškalli, Tiyabenti, Mušuni, Ḫašulatḫi, Umbu, Tapšuwari, Aya, Ningal, Tiwaz, Bunene, Lipparuma, Kumarbi, Pišaišapḫi, Anat, Ea-šarri, Ninhursag, Shalash, Eshmun, Ištar, Anat, Tanit, Uni-Astre, Alla, Adamma, Kubaba, Hašuntarḫi, Nupatik, Aštabi, Ninatta, Kulitta, Šaggar, Pinikir, Hadabal, Kura, Barama, Shalash bitinḫi, Goddess of the Night, Mišaru, Nisaba, Dumuzi, Ningirima, Geshtinanna, Enmesharra, Apantu, almanu, Sebitti, Tašme-zikru, Ištar, Teššub, Iyarri, Dark Gods, Heptad, Tēnu, Tutelary God of Tauriša, Šarruma, Allanzu, Kunzišalli, Takitu, Damkina, Nabarbi, Ḫepat, Nikkal, Ayu-Ikalti, Shamash, Utu, Lugalbanda, Šimige, Išḫara, Belet Nagar, Teshub, Adad, Inanna, Dagan, Ḫabūrītum, Astarte, Allatum, Hutena, Hutellura, Ashtart, Allani, Enlil, Nanaya, Shala
- sibling of
- Teššub
- child of
- divine ancestors, Kušuḫ
Mentioned by
- Šarruma
- Allanzu
- Kunzišalli
- Takitu
- Damkina
- Nabarbi
- Ḫepat
- Nikkal
- Ayu-Ikalti
- Shamash
- Utu
- Lugalbanda
- Šimige
- Išḫara
- Belet Nagar
- Teshub
and 17 more
Sources
Source passages
“Šauška (alongside her servants Ninatta and Kulitta), Nabarbi, Shuwala, Adamma... Takitu, Hutena and Hutellura, Allani, Ishara, Nabarbi, Shalash, Damkina, Nikkal, Aya, Šauška”
#9660 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Šimige is considered one of the 'pan-Hurrian' gods, similar to Teshub, Šauška, Kušuḫ, Kumarbi or Nupatik...In the state pantheon of Mitanni, he was one of the most important deities next to Teshub, Šauška and 'Ea-šarri.'”
#17378 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“similar to Teššub, Šauška, Kumarbi or Nabarbi. He appears in theophoric names from both eastern and western Hurrian cities. Examples include Eḫlip-Kušuḫ (“Kušuḫ saves”), attested in Mari (Tell Hariri) and Tigunani, Arip-Kušuḫ (“Kušuḫ gave”), known from the former of these sites, and Ḫazip-Kušuḫ”
#19292 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“It has been noted that simple epithet-like theonyms were common in Hurrian tradition, another well attested example being Šauška, "the great".”
#36730 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Adamma also occurs in a Hittite ritual dedicated to Šauška, KUB XXVII 1+, originally prepared for Muršili II, but later reworked during the reign of Ḫattušili III, and in a similar list of deities in KBo V 2, in both cases after Shalash and before Kubaba and Ḫašuntarḫi.”
#36826 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001