Tishpak
Tishpak is one of the deities categorized as a "Transtigridian snake god" who likely developed on the border between the cultural spheres of Mesopotamia and Elam.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -100
- Historical notes
- Member of the Transtigridian snake gods category, possibly originating in the Uruk period.
Relationships
- allied with
- Inshushinak, Ninazu, Ningishzida, Ishtaran
- co occurs with
- Nabu, Erra, Ereshkigal, Numushda, Niraḫ, Milkunni, Mesagunu, Ninurta, Shamash, Sin, Enlil, Nergal, Išḫara, Dagan, Ninkarrak, Itūr-Mēr, Yakrub-El, Nam-tar, Geshtinanna, Ashtart, Ningirsu
- aspect of
- Marduk
- enemy of
- Ḫanat
- syncretized with
- Gaṯaru
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“alongside Ninazu, Ningishzida, Ishtaran and Tishpak he can be considered one of the members of a category of deities he refers to as the "Transtigridian snake gods"”
#11773 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In a Late Babylonian god list, all the gods on the list were identified with Marduk. For example, Ninurta was Marduk of the pickaxe, Nabu was Marduk of accounting, Shamash was Marduk of justice and Tishpak was Marduk of the troops. This "syncretistic tendency" is observed in other late texts, where the other gods appear as aspects of Marduk.”
#12018 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In later Babylonian god lists, Ereshkigal held a senior status among the underworld deities, ruling over the category of so-called "transtigridian snake gods" (such as Ninazu, Tishpak, Ishtaran, and the Elamite god Inshushinak, in Mesopotamia known almost exclusively in the afterlife context)”
#12500 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Its subject is a verdict pronounced by the local god for Tishpak, the god of the kingdom of Eshnunna, after Yakrub-El relays to him that Ḫanat is threatened by the latter's actions.”
#23305 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Mesopotamia Išḫara's symbol was initially the bašmu, a mythical snake elsewhere associated with underworld gods, such as Tishpak or Ninazu.”
#37045 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001