Pinikir
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
- co occurs with
- Nannar, Nah, Shimige, DINGIR.GE6, Hadabal, Kura, Barama, Shalash bitinḫi, Sin, Humban, Lagamal, Adad, Shala, Kiririsha, Inshushinak, Nahhunte, Aya, Ishum, Nanna, Ningal, Sherida, Mamu, Kittum, Šarruma, Shuwala, Išḫara, Ḫepat, Hutena, Hutellura, Allani, Ninatta, Kulitta, Ashtart, Šauška, Adamma, Kubaba, Hašuntarḫi, Nupatik, Aštabi, Šaggar
- consort of
- Goddess of the Night
Mentioned by
- Sin
- Humban
- Lagamal
- Adad
- Shala
- Kiririsha
- Inshushinak
- Nahhunte
- Aya
- Ishum
- Nanna
- Ningal
- Sherida
- Mamu
- Kittum
- Šarruma
and 16 more
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