Lamga
deity Mesopotamian single tradition · 1
Lamga is one possible reading of the logogram dNAGAR referring to a deity or deities whose blood was used to create mankind in a bilingual myth. However, Wilfred G. Lambert considers this reading implausible based on context, as it relies on an explanation linking it to the moon god Sin.
When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -2000 – -500
- Historical notes
- Attested in bilingual myth tablet KAR 4 and duplicates; reading disputed by scholars.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“mankind is created from the blood of a plurality of deities referred to with the logogram dNAGAR, variously interpreted as either Alla or Lamga in modern literature.”
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