Ninszubur
Ninshubur (,; Ninšubur, "Lady of Subartu" or "Lady of servants"), also spelled Ninšubura, was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the sukkal (divine attendant) of the goddess Inanna. While it is agreed that in this context Ninshubur was regarded as female, in other cases the deity was considered male, possibly due to syncretism with other divine messengers, such as Ilabrat. No certain information about her genealogy is present in any known sources, and she was typically regarded as unmarried. As a sukkal, she functioned both as a messenger deity and as an intercessor between other members of th
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Mesopotamian
- Deity.name
- Ninshubur
- Deity.deity_of
- Sukkal of Inanna, An and the divine assembly
- Deity.image
- 350px
- Deity.caption
- Sargonic cylinder seal depicting Inanna resting her foot on the back of a lion while Ninshubur stands in front of her paying obeisance, 2334-2154 BCE
- Deity.cult_center
- Akkil, Uruk, Girsu
- Deity.symbol
- staff
- Deity.spouse
- usually none, but rarely Nergal
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Akkadian
- Deity.equivalent1
- Ilabrat
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Seleucid Uruk
- Deity.equivalent2
- Papsukkal
Article · Polski
Ninszubur, Ninšubur (dNIN.ŠUBUR) – w mitologii sumeryjskiej posłanka i powiernica bogini Inanny. W micie Inana i Enki siedmiokrotnie broniła przed i potworami morskimi Barki Niebios, w której Inana przewoziła do świątyni w Uruk podstępem odebrane Enki tablice z me. Ninszubur występuje także jako bóstwo rodzaju męskiego w tekstach akadyjskich.
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