Lagamal
Lagamal is a deity who, together with Ikshudum, was the center of cultic celebrations similar to those of Belet Nagar in the Mari and Shekhna region during the second millennium BCE.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Paired with Ikshudum in cultic celebrations in Mari and Shekhna region during second millennium BCE.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Nergal, Inshushinak
- allied with
- Ikshudum, Ishmekarab, Ipte-bit, Ikšudum
- serves
- Inshushinak
- co occurs with
- Allani, Shuwala, Ugur, Ningishzida, Ninazu, Erra, Ereshkigal, Nungal, Enmesharra, Kanisurra, Birtum, Adad, Shala, Kiririsha, Manzat, Nahhunte, Pinikir, Nannar, Nah, Nam-tar, Ilaba, Itūr-Mēr, Yakrub-El, Latarak, Rashnu, Sraosha, Belet Nagar, Lubadag, Šimige, Teshub, Išḫara, Allatum, Annunitum, Nanaya, Belet-Šuḫnir, Belet-Terraban, Sin, Humban, Ninurta, Enlil, Mithra
- consort of
- Ishmekarab
Mentioned by
- Ipte-bit
- Ikšudum
- Belet Nagar
- Lubadag
- Šimige
- Teshub
- Išḫara
- Allatum
- Annunitum
- Nanaya
- Belet-Šuḫnir
- Belet-Terraban
- Sin
- Humban
- Ninurta
- Enlil
and 4 more
Sources
Source passages
“Similar celebrations centered on deities such as Dagan and the pair Lagamal and Ikshudum are attested in the same region.”
#9218 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“During the judgment of the dead, Lagamal most likely acted as the prosecutor and Ishmekarab as a defender, as suggested based on the respective meanings of their names, "who has no mercy" and "who hears the prayer".”
#11787 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Lagamal, minor underworld deity”
#12243 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Nahhunte was worshiped mostly in the west of Elam, in the proximity of Susa, similar to deities such as Pinikir, Manzat, Lagamal, Adad and Shala, However, direct references to worship of Nahhunte are rare in known texts.”
#16956 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“A well established theory connects the Elamite group of Inshushinak, Lagamal and Ishmekarab with the later Zoroastrian belief that after death souls are judged by Mithra, Sraosha and Rashnu.”
#39058 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001