Nannar

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Nannar is the Elamite moon god derived from Mesopotamian Nanna. Nannar is mentioned in an inscription of Shilhak-Inshushinak, labeled as "lord who protects," after Inshushinak, Kiririsha, Humban and Nannar.

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When

First attested: 2000 BCE
Attested period: -2000 – 0
Historical notes: Does not predate the Old Babylonian period.

Relationships

co occurs with: Nanum, Nanni, Nah, Sin, Humban, Lagamal, Adad, Shala, Kiririsha, Manzat, Inshushinak, Nahhunte, Pinikir, Nanna
syncretized with: Nanã, Inanna

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Sources

wikipedia (3)

Source passages

“An inscription of Shilhak-Inshushinak mentions Nahhunte, labeled as "lord who protects," after Inshushinak, Kiririsha, Humban and Nannar, the last of these deities being a name of the Elamite moon god derived from Mesopotamian Nanna.”
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“In early Assyriological scholarship it was often assumed that the variant form Nannar was the standard form of the name, but further research demonstrated that it does not predate the Old Babylonian period. The writing dna-an-na-ar is attested in Akkadian and Elamite texts, and was the result of linguistic contamination between the theonym Nanna and the common Akkadian noun nannaru, "light".”
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“Scholar Simek (2007) opines that identification with Inanna, Nannar, or Nana is "hardly likely" since they were so widely separated in time and place.”
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