Išum

deity Babylonian single tradition · 2

The Akkadians associated the god Papsukkal with a lamassu and the god Išum with shedu.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 0
Historical notes
Associated with shedu.

Relationships

co occurs with
Mamītum, Seven, lamassu, Papsukkal, Marduk
allied with
Erra
syncretized with
shedu
served by
shedu

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Sources

wikipedia (2)

Source passages

“The Akkadians associated the god Papsukkal with a lamassu and the god Išum with shedu.”

#11101 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“but is roused by his advisor Išum and the Seven (Sibitti or Sebetti), who are the sons of heaven and earth—"champions without peer" is the repeated formula—and are each assigned a destructive destiny by Anu. Išum tries to mollify Erra's wakened violence, to no avail.”

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