Shalash
Shalash was the wife of Dagan and was associated with the cities of Tuttul and Bitin, located near Alalakh. In Old Babylonian Mari, the logographic writing for Ninhursag was used to refer to Shalash, indicating a complex relationship between these divine figures.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 2300 BCE
- Attested period
- -2300 – -1600
- Historical notes
- Attested in Old Babylonian evidence from Mari (c. 1900-1600 BCE).
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Ninhursag
- co occurs with
- Šarruma, Allanzu, Kunzišalli, Takitu, Hutena, Hutellura, Damkina, Nikkal, Ayu-Ikalti, Šauška, Ninatta, Kulitta, Shuwala, Adamma, Kubaba, Hašuntarḫi, Uršui-Iškalli, Tiyabenti, Aya, Mušuni, Ḫašulatḫi, Adad, Pidray, Bēlet-ilī, Kiririsha, Ḫannaḫanna, ʔAṯeratum, Athirat, Itūr-Mēr, Ashur, Belet Ekallim, Ea, Addu, Yakrub-El, uridu-genies, lamassatum-genies, Shala, Ḫepat, Allani, Ištaran, Ullikummi, Ninlil, Inanna, Nabarbi, Baal, Teshub, Shamash, Enlil, Nergal, Annunitum, Belet Nagar, Išḫara, Ḫabūrītum, El, Anu
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Old Babylonian evidence from this city indicates that the logographic writing dNIN.HUR.SAG.GA was used to refer to Shalash, the wife of Dagan, associated with the cities of Tuttul and Bitin”
#9228 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“she is mentioned alongside Dagan and Shalash in an account of the pagrā'um, a mourning ceremony combined with the offering of sacrificial animals to deities”
#9684 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In Old Babylonian Mari the logographic writing dNIN.HUR.SAG.GA was used to represent the name of Shalash, the wife of Dagan.”
#10277 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ninhursag (possibly to be understood as a stand-in for Dagan's wife Shalash in texts from Mari)”
#11757 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Due to the similarity between the names of Dagan's wife Shalash and Shala, wife of Adad in Mesopotamia, some researches conclude that the two goddesses were the same and that Dagan was possibly a weather god himself. However, there is no clear proof that Dagan fulfilled such a function”
#26044 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001