Ningirima

deity single tradition · 3

Nin-unug, in this case agreed to mean "the lady of Uruk", was instead an epithet of the incantation goddess Ningirima, as indicated by inscriptions of Lugalzagesi, or Inanna, as attested in a single inscription of Utuhegal.

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When

First attested
2500 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested in inscriptions of Lugalzagesi and Utuhegal.

Relationships

allied with
Nanshe, Išḫara

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Sources

wikipedia (3)

Source passages

“nin-unug, in this case agreed to mean "the lady of Uruk", was instead an epithet of the incantation goddess Ningirima, as indicated by inscriptions of Lugalzagesi, or Inanna, as attested in a single inscription of Utuhegal.”

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“In incantations, Nanshe could be linked with Ningirima. Invoking them together might have been a result of their shared association with water.”

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“A further Mesopotamian deity associated with her was Ningirima, a goddess associated with incantations, who shared her connection with snakes and with the "scorpion star".”

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