Dimmeku
Dimmeku (also read as Dimpimeku), Dimku or Ḫedimku was a Mesopotamian goddess or demon associated with the underworld. From the Old Babylonian period on she was associated with Namtar, and in the god list An = Anum she appears as his daughter.
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When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -2000 – -1600
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Old Babylonian period.
Relationships
- consort of
- Nam-tar
- co occurs with
- dUD.AL.TAR, Sagmegar, Nēberu, Enki, Ḫedimmeku, Marduk, Ninhursag, Šulpae, Ningishzida, Ereshkigal, ancestors of Enlil
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The earliest known attestation of Dimmeku occurs in the poem The Death of Ur-Namma, which might have been composed in the Ur III period, during the reign of Shulgi. She is listed as one of the deities the eponymous ruler makes offerings to immediately after arriving in the underworld”
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“In the poem Death of Gilgamesh, Šulpae is listed alongside underworld gods, such as Ereshkigal, Ningishzida, Dimmeku and the ancestors of Enlil, but according to Dina Katz he did not belong to this category of deities himself.”
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