Nanaya
Nanaya is a foreign or minor deity who was among those venerated by queen Shulgi-simti, one of Shulgi's wives, during the Ur III period.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Venerated by queen Shulgi-simti during Ur III period.
Relationships
- allied with
- Nergal, Nabu, Kanisurra, Geshtinanna, Dumuzi, Lases, Mamitu, Sutītu, Marduk, Zarpanitu, Zababa, Bau, Anu, Ninshubur, Ištar
- co occurs with
- Belet-Šuḫnir, Belet-Terraban, Dagan, Lagamal, Ikshudum, Ninirigal, Nin-UNUG, Ningirima, Tish, Anāhitā, Spenta Armaiti, Aramazd, Anahit, Gazbaba, Uṣur-amāssu, Urkayītu, Bēltu-ša-Rēš, Adad, Shala, Allani, Šauška, Nisaba, Enmesharra, Apantu, Mišaru, almanu, Sebitti, Tašme-zikru, Ninisina, Gula, Ninsun, Nungal, Birtum, Manungal, Ninegal, Bēlet-balāṭi, Ninimma, Belet Nagar, Lubadag, Šimige, Teshub, Allatum, Annunitum, Nanã, Cybele, Inanna, Išḫara, Enlil
- syncretized with
- Nane
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The queen Shulgi-simti, one of Shulgi's wives, seemed to be a devotee of a number of foreign or minor deities, including Belet Nagar, Išḫara, Allatum, Annunitum, Nanaya, Belet-Šuḫnir and Belet-Terraban.”
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“In this context this ceremonial name designated an entirely new temple of Ishtar and Nanaya.”
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“Joan Goodnick Westenholz suggested that the transfer occurred under Parthian rule, and that the cult of Mesopotamian Nanaya was transferred alongside trade routes to Bactria, similarly as it is documented in the case of Susa, Nisa, Palmyra and Hatra in the same period.”
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“According to some authors, Nane was adopted from the Akkadian goddess Nanaya, from the Phrygian goddess Cybele, or was from Elamite origin.”
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“Walther Sallaberger argues that in the light of presently available evidence it can be assumed that similarly to Inanna and Nanaya she belonged to the trio of central goddesses celebrated during various festivals held in this city. In the late Old Babylonian period, many of the functionaries of the cults of Inanna of Uruk, Nanaya and Kanisurra moved to Kish.”
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