Bau
Bau is a Mesopotamian goddess worshiped in Lagash. According to Giovani Marchesi, her name was likely originally pronounced as Bau rather than Baba.
↻ synthesized from 11 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Attested from the early third millennium BCE through the Seleucid period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nintinugga, Ninkarrak, Lisin, Ishtar of Kish, Pabilsag, Gatumdug, Ninisina, Shulsaga, lamma, Dumuzi-abzu, Nin-MAR.KI, Hendursaga, Nindara, Nina, Nunbaranna, Gibil/Girra, Sud, Ninshubur, Gula, Damu, Gunura, Šumaḫ, Ninarali, Ninigizibara, Ninḫinuna, Urash, Nanshe, Ningirsu, Igalim, Shulshaga, Ninmah, Abu, Nanna, Ninazu, Enbilulu, Urnunta-ea, Ningishzida, Ninsar, Ashur, Ninlil, Ugur, Papsukkal, Enmesharra, Inanna of Kish, Ninnibru, Ninsar, Ninsun, Geshtinanna, Haya, Meslamtaea, Alammuš, Ninurima, Alla, Ninpumuna, Bitu, Amar-Sin, Ningirida, Ninazimua, Lakupittu, Lahar, Gukishbanda, Kulla, Ningubalaga, Dumuzi, Amurru, Ashratum, Belet-Seri, Gubarra, Azimua, Irnina, Ningiridda, Amashilama, Labarshilama, Ekurritum, Ipahum, Gishbandagirizal, Lugalsaparku, Lugalshude, Namengarshudu, Usheg, Kubaba, Shara, Sin, Enki, Utu, Meme, Ninhursag, Ninurta, Ištar, Inanna, Shamash, Gilgamesh, Allatum, Belet-Šuḫnir, Anu, Enlil
- parent of
- Ḫegir, Abau, Lamma-Bau, Ig-alima, Šul-šagana, Igalim, Shulshaga, Ḫegirnuna, Urnunta-ea, Zazaru, IM-pa'e, Ḫesaga, Zurmu, Zarmu
- allied with
- Ninirigal, Gula/Meme, Nergal, Nanaya, Lases, Nabu, Mamitu, Sutītu, Marduk, Zarpanitu, Zababa
- served by
- Lammašaga
- child of
- An
Mentioned by
- Kubaba
- Shara
- Sin
- Enki
- Utu
- Meme
- Ninhursag
- Ninurta
- Ištar
- Inanna
- Shamash
- Gilgamesh
- Allatum
- Belet-Šuḫnir
- Anu
- Enlil
and 2 more
Sources
Source passages
“It invokes a Mesopotamian goddess worshiped in Lagash, whose name according to Giovani Marchesi was likely originally pronounced as Bau rather than Baba.”
#9809 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Kings from the dynasty of Isin, in particular Ishme-Dagan, showed interest in the cult of Bau, though she was not introduced to the pantheon of Isin itself, and in documents from it she only appears in theophoric names.”
#10922 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Other deities invoked in it are Anu, Enlil, Ninhursag, Enki, Sin, Ningirsu, Nanshe, Nindara, Gatumdug, Bau, Inanna, Utu, Hendursaga, Igalim and Shulshaga.”
#10998 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“but not in Girsu, the city associated with Bau, who in turn did not receive offerings in the former two of these three cities. The construction of a temple dedicated to Gatumdug is mentioned in the inscriptions of Ur-Nanshe, Eannatum and Entemena”
#11013 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In one ritual text from the same city she appears alongside the medicine goddesses Bau and Gula/Meme.”
#11190 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001