Aya
Aya is a Hurrian deity who follows Ḫepat and her family on the reliefs from the Yazılıkaya sanctuary and is identified by name in accompanying inscriptions.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Attested in Mesopotamian god lists and royal inscriptions; worshiped in multiple cult centers including Sippar and Larsa.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mušuni, Ḫašulatḫi, Hausos, Ayg, Arshaluys, Ēostre, Dellingr, Aurora, Mater Matuta, Zorya, Aušra, Aušrinė, Austra, Ningal, Ninshubur, Ea, Suen, Šapšu, Eyan, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Bunene, Ishum, Nanna, Manzat, Sherida, Mamu, Kittum, Pinikir, Amna, Karkara, Nimindu, Si'e, Ṣalam, U'e, Tiwaz, Lipparuma, Mišaru, Sun goddess of the Earth, Shapash, Sun god of Heaven, Kothar, Šiwini, Tušpuea, Aruru, Geshtinanna, Ninedina, Ninsheshegarra, Ningirsu, Nanshe, Ninisina, SI.A-tum, Hebat, dU.GUR, Shaushka of Tameninga, dNIN.URTA, Išḫara, Nabarbi, Shalash, Šarruma, Allanzu, Kunzišalli, Takitu, Hutena, Hutellura, Damkina, Ninatta, Kulitta, Shuwala, Adamma, Kubaba, Hašuntarḫi, Uršui-Iškalli, Tiyabenti, Brigid, Prende, Afërdita, Eos, Inanna, Adad, Shala, Sin, Ḫepat, Nikkal, Šauška, Lugalbanda, Allani, Sun goddess of Arinna, Uṣas, Shara, Dagan, Allatum
- syncretized with
- Shimige, Ayu-Ikalti, Lahar
Mentioned by
- Išḫara
- Nabarbi
- Shalash
- Šarruma
- Allanzu
- Kunzišalli
- Takitu
- Hutena
- Hutellura
- Damkina
- Ninatta
- Kulitta
- Shuwala
- Adamma
- Kubaba
- Hašuntarḫi
and 32 more
Sources
Source passages
“Takitu, Hutena and Hutellura, Allani, Ishara, Nabarbi, Shalash, Damkina, Nikkal, Aya, Šauška and Shuwala are identified by name in accompanying inscriptions”
#9670 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Mesopotamian - Aya”
#15473 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“As the wife of Shamash, Aya was regarded as the daughter-in-law of his parents Suen and Ningal and sister-in-law of his sister Ishtar. Their daughters were Mamu (or Mamud), the goddess of dreams and Kittum, the personification of truth.”
#15765 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Kassite-era Land grant to Munnabittu kudurru has him following the goddess Aya in its listing of divine protectors and from the late Bronze age onward he appears as an intercessor in rituals and oracles directed at Šamaš. His cultic statue features in the donations of garments and food given to Šamaš in the Sun God Tablet of Nabu-apla-iddina, ca. 870 BC, where he seems to have formed a holy trinity with this god and his consort Aya.”
#16483 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Examples include Karkara (possibly related to Ninkar, one of the names of his wife Aya), Nimindu (possibly related to the name of the goddess Nimintabba), Si'e ("who shines forth"), Ṣalam (possibly a name referring to a winged sun symbol) and U'e ("sunrise").”
#17259 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001