Hanish
deity sky Mesopotamian single tradition · 2
Hanish is one of the deities Naram-Sin reports the defeat of the rebels to. The other deities are Ishtar, Ilaba, Shullat, Shamash, and Umshu.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 2300 BCE
- Attested period
- -2300 – 0
- Historical notes
- Attested in a text describing a rebellion against Naram-Sin.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Umshu, dšu-nir, Lugalirra, Meslamtaea, Alammuš, Šarur, Šargaz, Ninnisig, Erragal, Ninurta, Shamash, Sin, Nergal, Išḫara, Annunitum, Dagan, Ninhursag, Nisaba, Ninkarrak, Ilaba, Manzat, Zababa, Ištar, Ningublaga
- sibling of
- Shullat
- allied with
- Shullat
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“A fictitious letter attributed to Sargon in ancient Mesopotamian scholarship in which he summons his allies for a campaign against the city of Purushanda, located in Anatolia, implores them to respond to the call of Shamash, Ilaba, Zababa and Hanish, who urge them to partake.”
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“The text KAR 142, a list of various heptads, lists them alongside five further pairs of such twin deities...including...Shullat and Hanish, Šarur and Šargaz”
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