Usaḫara
deity single tradition · 2
Usaḫara took Ninura's place as Shara's spouse.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -1500
- Historical notes
- Replaced Ninura as Shara's spouse.
Relationships
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“In later sources, Ninura no longer appears as Shara's wife either, and he is instead accompanied by Usaḫara or Kumulmul, with both attested at once in the Old Babylonian forerunner to the later god list An = Anum.”
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“In sources from the Old Babylonian period, Shara's spouse is instead the goddess Usaḫara. Fabienne Huber Vuillet proposes that her name might mean "dust day" or "dust storm." It has also been pointed out that it resembles the Sumerian term usakar and its Akkadian form uskāru, both of which refer to the crescent”
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