Nikkal
Nikkal is a Hurrian deity included in the kaluti (offering lists) dedicated to Ḫepat and formed part of her circle. She follows Ḫepat and her family on the reliefs from the Yazılıkaya sanctuary and is identified by name in accompanying inscriptions.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -500
- Historical notes
- Hurrian derivative of Mesopotamian Ningal; held higher position in Hurrian pantheon than Ayu-Ikalti.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kamrušepa, Hapantali, Kašku, Ninatta, Kulitta, Shuwala, Adamma, Kubaba, Hašuntarḫi, Uršui-Iškalli, Tiyabenti, Mušuni, Ḫašulatḫi, Arma, Teššub, Tapšuwari, Šaggar, Kušuḫ, Šanugaru, hll, Hulelu, Kotharat, Kas’a, yrḫ kṯy, Ningal, Ḫiriḫibi, ybrdmy, Ayu-Ikalti, Šauška, Aya, Tiwaz, Bunene, Lipparuma, Mišaru, Nupatik, Aštabi, Kumarbi, Pišaišapḫi, Anat, Ea-šarri, Nabarbi, Shalash, Šarruma, Allanzu, Kunzišalli, Takitu, Hutena, Hutellura, Allani, Damkina, Sin, Išḫara, Baal, Pidray, Ḫepat, Shamash, Utu, Lugalbanda, Šimige, Belet Nagar, Teshub, Adad, Ashtart, ʿAṯtar
- syncretized with
- Ningal
Mentioned by
- Nabarbi
- Shalash
- Šarruma
- Allanzu
- Kunzišalli
- Takitu
- Hutena
- Hutellura
- Allani
- Damkina
- Sin
- Išḫara
- Baal
- Pidray
- Ḫepat
- Shamash
and 9 more
Sources
Source passages
“Shalash, Damkina, (Umbu-)Nikkal, Ayu-Ikalti, Šauška... Takitu, Hutena and Hutellura, Allani, Ishara, Nabarbi, Shalash, Damkina, Nikkal, Aya”
#9658 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In one of the offering lists, he appears between Anat, a local goddess apparently incorporated into the Hurrian pantheon, and Nikkal.”
#17386 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“His wife was Nikkal (the Mesopotamian goddess Ningal).”
#19128 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Kušuḫ's wife was Nikkal, derived from the Mesopotamian goddess Ningal. Umbu, either an alternate name of Kušuḫ or a separate deity assimilated with him, appears alongside Nikkal in Hurrian texts too. In Ugarit, she was recognized as the wife of both Kušuḫ and the local god Yarikh”
#19278 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Yarikh is introduced bargaining with the god Ḫiriḫibi (who is not attested in any other sources) to be granted the permission to marry Nikkal. This most likely indicates that the latter is either her father or at least mediates on behalf of her family. Yarikh offers to pay a high bride price, including large amounts of gold, silver and lapis lazuli, and additionally states that he will "make her [Nikkal's] fields orchards,"”
#19584 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001