Sebitti
The Sebitti are referred to as the sons of Išḫara in a single Mesopotamian text commenting on magical formulas meant to protect a house from supernatural invaders. Frans Wiggermann assumes that this should be considered a result of confusion between Išḫara and similarly named underworld god Enmesharra, whose children the Sebitti were frequently identified as.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1700 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets and still worshiped.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tašme-zikru, Shuzianna, Erimbinatuku, Dark Gods, Meslamtaea, Enlil, Nanaya, Adad, Shala, Allani, Šauška, Nisaba, Dumuzi, Ningirima, Geshtinanna, Apantu, Mišaru, almanu, Ištar, Papsukkal, Namšara, Marduk, Shamash, Sin, Anu, Nergal, Dagan, Zababa, Urash, Nabu, Lugalirra, Nanshe, Ningal, Iyarri
- syncretized with
- Divine Seven of Elam
- allied with
- Erra
- child of
- Išḫara, Enmesharra
Mentioned by
- Meslamtaea
- Enlil
- Nanaya
- Adad
- Shala
- Allani
- Šauška
- Nisaba
- Dumuzi
- Ningirima
- Geshtinanna
- Apantu
- Mišaru
- almanu
- Ištar
- Papsukkal
and 16 more
Sources
Source passages
“A single Mesopotamian text commenting on magical formulas meant to protect a house from supernatural invaders refers to the Sebitti as her sons, but Frans Wiggermann in his study of this group of gods assumes that this should be considered a result of confusion between Išḫara and similarly named underworld god Enmesharra, whose children the Sebitti were frequently identified as.”
#37058 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“It also features Nergal as the warden of the eponymous antagonist and his seven sons, here identified as the Sebitti. In the surviving fragments, Enmesharra unsuccessfully pleads to be spared, and is subsequently escorted to Marduk's dwelling alongside the Sebitti.”
#38915 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He received offerings referred to as nindabû, possibly held to celebrate the full moon, similarly as the Sebitti and Nanshe.”
#39162 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Dark Gods and the plague-god Iyarri to whom they were associated might have originated from the Babylonian Erra and the Sebitti who accompanied him, with whom they were identical.”
#39562 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001