Pinikir

deity sky Hurrian single tradition · 4

Pinikir was worshiped mostly in the west of Elam, in the proximity of Susa, similar to deities such as Nahhunte, Manzat, Lagamal, Adad and Shala.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 0
Historical notes
Attested in Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.

Relationships

sibling of
Inanna, Shamash, Utu, Manzat, Ištar

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Sources

Source passages

“Nahhunte was worshiped mostly in the west of Elam, in the proximity of Susa, similar to deities such as Pinikir, Manzat, Lagamal, Adad and Shala, However, direct references to worship of Nahhunte are rare in known texts.”

#16954 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The moon god Nanna (Sin) and his wife Ningal were regarded as his parents, while his twin sister was Inanna (Ishtar). Occasionally other goddesses, such as Manzat and Pinikir, could be regarded as his sisters too.”

#17237 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Šauška's attendants Ninatta and Kulitta, the fate goddesses Hutena and Hutellura, Ḫepat and her son Šarruma, and the astral deities Pinikir and DINGIR.GE6, so-called Goddess of the Night.”

#36745 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Worship of pairs of deities in dyads treated almost as if they were a unity was a common feature of Hurrian religion and other examples include Allani and Išḫara, Ninatta and Kulitta, Hutena and Hutellura and Pinikir and Goddess of the Night.”

#36822 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001