Ishtaran
Ishtaran is one of the deities categorized as a "Transtigridian snake god" who likely developed on the border between the cultural spheres of Mesopotamia and Elam.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Member of the Transtigridian snake gods category, possibly originating in the Uruk period.
Relationships
- allied with
- Inshushinak, Tishpak, Ninazu, Ningishzida, Nin-UM
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“alongside Ninazu, Ningishzida, Ishtaran and Tishpak he can be considered one of the members of a category of deities he refers to as the "Transtigridian snake gods"”
#11772 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In later Babylonian god lists, Ereshkigal held a senior status among the underworld deities, ruling over the category of so-called "transtigridian snake gods" (such as Ninazu, Tishpak, Ishtaran, and the Elamite god Inshushinak, in Mesopotamia known almost exclusively in the afterlife context)”
#12501 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“At least in the third millennium BCE, Ishtaran was regarded as a divine judge equal in rank to Utu”
#17263 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The constellation Hydra could serve as his symbol, though it was also associated with Ishtaran and Ereshkigal.”
#39347 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5