Urkayītu
deity single tradition · 2
Urkayītu is a deity from Uruk. Joan Goodnick Westenholz proposed that she and Uṣur-amāssu were replaced by Šarrāḫītu and Belet-Seri in the local pantheon after the year 484 BCE.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 BCE
- Attested period
- -900 – -100
- Historical notes
- Replaced by Šarrāḫītu and Belet-Seri in the local pantheon after the year 484 BCE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Uṣur-amāssu, Bēltu-ša-Rēš, Belet-Seri, Adad-milki, Šarrāḫītu, Inanna, Nanaya, Geshtinanna, Kanisurra, Ištar
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Westenholz proposed that she and Šarrāḫītu, also not attested in earlier sources from Uruk, replaced Urkayītu and Uṣur-amāssu in the local pantheon. Belet-Seri had her own temple, which was apparently surrounded by an orchard.”
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“She might be one of the deities collectively referred to as "the ladies" (dGAŠAN.MEŠ) who often appear alongside the five lead deities of this city (Ishtar, Nanaya, Uṣur-amāssu, Urkayītu and Bēltu-ša-Rēš) in Neo-Babylonian inscriptions, though this theory is presently impossible to prove conclusively.”
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