Gatumdug
Gatumdug was regarded as Bau's mother in Lagash in the third millennium BCE. Gatumdug is equated with Bau in the god list An = Anum (tablet V, line 60).
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Attested in Lagash in the third millennium BCE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Abau, Urnunta-ea, Lisin, Ningishzida, Dumuzi-abzu, Nin-MAR.KI, Hendursaga, Nindara, Ninmug, Lugalurub, Ishum, Asalluhi, Nina, Shulsaga, lamma, Enki, Inanna, Ninshubur, Nanshe, Ningirsu, Igalim, Shulshaga, Ḫegir, Sin, Anu, Enlil, Utu, Nergal, Ninhursag
- child of
- An
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“It has been suggested that this might indicate she was initially not a separate goddess, but a secondary name of Lagashite Gatumdug, but this explanation is not considered plausible. Attested members of the staff of Bau's temples from the Early Dynastic period include various types of clergy”
#10920 · 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.”
#10997 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Gatumdug is mentioned in the text inscribed on the Gudea cylinders, a hymn commemorating the rebuilding of Ningirsu's temple E-ninnu. She is the first of the deities the eponymous ruler consults regarding the meaning of his dreams. In his inquiry he refers to her as his mother and father”
#11017 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He is preceded there by both Gatumdug, the city goddess of Lagash, and Nanshe.”
#12188 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001