Ninshubur
Ninshubur is mentioned as a deity envisioned as capable of mediating with higher ranked gods on behalf of humans under their protection, similar to the role attributed to Shul-utul.
↻ synthesized from 10 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced as a comparative example for mediating deities in Mesopotamian tradition.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nanshe, Gatumdug, Dumuzi-abzu, Nin-MAR.KI, Hendursaga, Nindara, Lugalurub, Asalluhi, Nintinugga, Ninkarrak, Pabilsag, Damu, Gunura, Šumaḫ, Ninarali, Ninigizibara, Ninḫinuna, Ama-šumaḫ, Ninmeurur, Neti, Hušbišag, Ḫedimmeku, Mardula'anki, Ninmug, Ishum, Ereshkigal, Dumuzid, Lulal, Sirtur, Nam-tar, Ninisina, Gula, Ninsun, Nungal, Birtum, Manungal, Ninegal, Bēlet-balāṭi, Ninimma, Ningishzida, Geshtinanna, Haya, Ninazu, Meslamtaea, Alammuš, Ninurima, Alla, Ninpumuna, Bitu, Amar-Sin, Ningirida, Ninazimua, Birdu, Mamitu, Gašru, Ku'annesi, Zi-mingi, dZi-MU, Zi-ĝara, Almu, Alamu, Šarrabu, Ḫar, Lugalirra, Shul-utul, Enki, Ningirsu, Bau, Asag, Enlil, Nergal, Šulpae, Shamash, Annunitum, Adad, Shala, Aya, Shara, Utu, Ištar, Nisaba, Gilgamesh, Allatum, Belet-Šuḫnir, Sin
- allied with
- Lugal-namtarra, Inanna, Geshtinanna, Nanaya, Dumuzi, Anu
- serves
- Inanna
- enemy of
- galla
- consort of
- Meslamtaea
Mentioned by
- Shul-utul
- Enki
- Ningirsu
- Bau
- Asag
- Enlil
- Nergal
- Šulpae
- Shamash
- Annunitum
- Adad
- Shala
- Aya
- Shara
- Utu
- Ištar
and 5 more
Sources
Source passages
“It is also possible that, similar to Ninshubur, he was envisioned as capable of mediating with higher ranked gods on behalf of humans under his protection.”
#10482 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“She occurs in them in the proximity of deities such as Hendursaga, Nindara and Ninshubur. It is also possible that she was regarded as the wife of Hendursaga in the third millennium BCE, though family relations between deities were not yet systematized at the time.”
#10972 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“At some point Ninshubur came to be incorporated into the circle of Ninisina in a local tradition from Isin. However, this goddess was usually associated with Inanna instead.”
#11300 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Inanna's minister, Ninshubur, however, pleads with various gods and finally Enki agrees to rescue Inanna from the underworld. Enki sends two sexless beings down to the underworld to revive Inanna with the food and water of life.”
#12508 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“A single Old Babylonian letter associates Lugal-namtarra, a deity possibly analogous to Namtar, with Ninshubur, and invokes both of them to bless the recipient.”
#13590 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001