Urash

deity earth Mesopotamian single tradition · 6

Urash is mentioned as the parent of Ninisina. According to Klaus Wagensonner statements directly identifying Ninisina as a daughter of Urash are not common.

↻ synthesized from 6 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Urash is a very ancient Mesopotamian deity.

Relationships

consort of
Anu, An
allied with
Ipte-bit, Lagamal
served by
Ipte-bit, Ipte-Bitam

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Sources

Source passages

“They also had the same parents, Anu and Urash, While Ninkarrak was usually considered to be unmarried, she could be associated with Pabilsag.”

#11311 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“as Martu is later attested to have a different parentage (Anu and Urash) and Marduk is later considered the son of Enki/Ea”

#11988 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Two sources which include both the pairs Enki and Ninki and An with either Urash or Ki, with the latter placed before them, are also known, and presumably reflect the belief that the coupling of earth and heaven preceded the emergence of the ancestors of Enlil.”

#14807 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The rest of the narrative deals with assigning new domains to various gods, and in addition to Marduk and Nergal also features Nabu, Shamash, Zababa, Sin, Adad, Enlil, Urash and Erimbinatuku, possibly an otherwise unknown epithet of Pabilsag.”

#38919 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Lagamal was regarded as the son of Urash, the tutelary god of Dilbat (not to be confused with the similarly named earth goddess). The relationship between them is confirmed by a passage from the god list An = Anum (tablet V, line 45).”

#39042 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001