Išḫara
Išḫara is a deity who received offerings in Ur alongside Belet Nagar during the Ur III period, specifically during the reign of Shulgi. She and Belet Nagar shared a joint temple in Uruk. Queen Shulgi-simti was a devotee of Išḫara along with other foreign or minor deities.
↻ synthesized from 22 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Received offerings in Ur during Ur III period and reign of Shulgi; shared joint temple with Belet Nagar in Uruk.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Puḫru ‘Ilīma, ‘Uṯḫatu, Allatum, Belet-Šuḫnir, Belet-Terraban, Lagamal, Ikshudum, Nabarbi, Allanzu, Kunzišalli, Takitu, Damkina, Ayu-Ikalti, Uršui-Iškalli, Tiyabenti, Aya, Mušuni, Ḫašulatḫi, Nubandag, Ninhursag, Ilaba, Manzat, Shullat, Hanish, Umshu, dšu-nir, primeval deities, lamma, Ninlil, Ea, Minki, Ullikummi, Ammunki, Napšara, Ammezzadu, Ḫedammu, Upelluri, Eltara, Nikkal, Kušuḫ, Teššub, Umbu, Tapšuwari, ITU, Mušītu, ‘Iṯum, Athirat, Shapash, Šanugaru, hll, Hulelu, Kotharat, Kas’a, yrḫ kṯy, Šauška, Kumarbi, Adad, Aštabi, Pišaišapḫi, Ea-šarri, Kubaba, Shalash, Ḫabūrītum, Hebat, Eshmun, Ištar, Tanit, Uni-Astre, Itūr-Mēr, Yakrub-El, Tishpak, Numushda, Ḫanat, Anat, Yarikh, Pidray, Ilib, Shapshu, Dadmiš, Arsay, Kinnaru, Gaṯaru, Šauška, Sun goddess of the Earth, Ereshkigal, Lelwani, Šarruma, Adamma, Hadabal, Kura, Hadda of Aleppo, Shuwala, DINGIR.GE6, Ḫepat, Hutena, Hutellura, Ninatta, Kulitta, Hašuntarḫi, Ashtart, Nupatik, Pinikir, Šaggar, Shalash bitinḫi, Goddess of the Night, bašmu, ḫulmiẓẓu, Gazbaba, Uṣur-amāssu, Ningirsu, Nanshe, Gula, Ninmug, SI.A-tum, Ninsianna, Ninegal, NI-da-KUL (Hadabal), Barama, Memešarti, Geshtinanna, Ninazu, Niraḫ, Nanaya, Shala, Dumuzi, Mišaru, Ishkur, Shuwaliyat, Annunitum, Dagan, dU.GUR, Shaushka of Tameninga, Milkunni, Mesagunu, dNIN.URTA, Amaza, Alal, dNIN.KUR, Papsukkal, Namšara, Sebitti, Shuzianna, Yam, Lubadag, Inanna, Nergal, Ninurta, Shamash, Sin, Nara, Hadad, Astarte, El, Baal, Resheph, Shara
- allied with
- Belet Nagar, Halma, Tuḫḫitra, Šaggar, Šimige, Teshub, Allani, Kanisurra, Ninisina, Geshtinanna, Dagan, Ḫišamītum, Ningirima
- parent of
- Sebitti
- has aspect
- Nisaba
- consort of
- almanu
- served by
- Tašme-zikru
Mentioned by
- Yam
- Lubadag
- Inanna
- Nergal
- Ninurta
- Shamash
- Sin
- Nara
- Hadad
- Astarte
- El
- Baal
- Resheph
- Shara
- Ḫišamītum
- Ningirima
and 9 more
Sources
Source passages
“Wilfred G. Lambert assumed that Ḫabūrītum and Išḫara were one and the same and should be understood as the spouse of Dagan, but this theory finds no support in more recent scholarship.”
#9224 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Kubabat she appears in sources from Kanesh. Piotr Taracha notes that the presence of deities such as her, Nisaba and Išḫara in the local pantheon and the absence of Hattian ones shows that the religion of the city was influenced by traditions of southern Anatolia, northern Syria and Mesopotamia.”
#9823 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ilaba is also one of the five Mesopotamian deities mentioned in a treaty between Naram-Sin and an unknown ruler of Elam, the other four being Išḫara, Manzat, Ninkarrak and Ninurta.”
#11719 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Let Ammezzadu [and ...], father and mother of [...], listen! Let [Enlil and Apandu], father and mother of Išḫara, listen! Let Enlil [and Ninlil], who are weighty and eternal deities, [contented(?)] and quiet, listen!”
#14995 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Šimige held a particularly high position in Alalakh, where he headed the local pantheon alongside Išḫara and Teshub.”
#17383 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5