Bēlet-ilī
deity earth Akkadian single tradition · 5
Bēlet-ilī (DIĜIR.MAḪ) was equated with an Amorite deity named ʔAṯeratum (a-še-ra-tum) in a bilingual Akkadian-Amorite lexical list from the Old Babylonian period which presumably originated in southern Mesopotamia. According to Andrew R. George and Manfred Krebernik in this context the name designated Athirat, the goddess also known from Ugarit, rather than the Mesopotamian goddess Ašratum.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in 2nd millennium BCE Amorite-Akkadian bilingual tablets as equivalent to Asherah.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ḫannaḫanna, ʿAshtart, Igalim, Shulshaga, Sharur, Kūbu, Udulu, Mandanu, Luḫušû, Šaggāšu, Kami-tāmûšu, Muštēšir-ḫabli, Kakku-Šazu, Kakku-SAĞ.NINNU, Shargaz, Kanisurra, Iqbi-damiq, Ḫussinni, Ipte-bita, Belet-eanni, Gazbaba, Katunna, Silluš-tab, Ninki, Mami, Tadmuštum, Šubula, Zarriqum, Ninegina, Mannu-šāninšu, Larsam-iti, Urkitum, Lisin, Ashgi, Panigingarra, Nin-dingir-re-e-ne, Ninmena, Mama, Lillu, Shalash, Anu, Ištar, Enki, Lases, Dingirmah, Ninmah, Enlil, Aruru, Šulpae, Nintur
- sibling of
- Tadmuštum
Mentioned by
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”
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