Category: Frameworks > Mesopotamian Polytheism > Cuneiform God Lists
1 Introduction
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XX From Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty (SAA 02 006 and 015, off-site links)
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XX From an oath in an Assyrian–Syrian treaty (SAA 02 002, off-site link)
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(Aššūr at the head of the list)
– Aššūr,¹ king of heaven and earth (ᵈaš-šur MAN AN KI)
(Mesopotamian divine couples)
– Anu and Antu² (ᵈa-nu-um, an-tum)
– Illil and Mullissu (ᵈBE, ᵈNIN.LIL₂)
– Ea and Damkina (ᵈ1, ᵈdam-ki-na)
– Sîn and Nikkal (ᵈ30, ᵈNIN.GAL)
– Šamaš and Aya (ᵈUTU, ᵈA.A)
– Adad and Šala (ᵈIŠKUR, ᵈša-la)
– Marduk and Zarpanītu (ᵈAMAR.UTU, ᵈzar-pa-ni-tum)
– Nabû and Tašmetu (ᵈAG, ᵈLAL₂)
– Ninurta and Gula (ᵈMAŠ, ᵈME)
– Uraš and Ninegal (ᵈIB, ᵈNIN.E₂.GAL)
– Zababa and Babu (ᵈZA.BA₄.BA₄, ᵈBA.U₂)
– Nerigal and Laṣ (ᵈU.GUR, ᵈla-aṣ)
– Ma(n)dānu and Ningirsu (ᵈDI.KUD, ᵈNIN.GIR₂.SU)
– Ḫumḫummu³ and Išum⁴ (ᵈḫum-ḫum-mu, ᵈi-šum)
– Girra and Nusku (ᵈGIŠ.BAR, ᵈPA.TUG₂)
(Local Ištars and Adads of and near Assyria)
– Ištar, Lady-of-Nineveh⁶ (ᵈ15 NIN.ᵘʳᵘni-na-a)
– Ištar, Lady-of-Arbela⁶ (ᵈINNIN NIN.ᵘʳᵘarba-il₃)
– Adad of Kurbail (ᵈIŠKUR ša ᵘʳᵘkur-ba-il₃)
– Adad of Aleppo (ᵈIŠKUR ša ᵘʳᵘḫal-la-ba)
(Miscellaneous deities)
– Palil who marches in front (ᵈIGI.DU a-lik maḫ-ri)
– Valiant Pleiades (ᵈ7.BI qar-du-ti)
(Levantine gods)
– Dagān and [Mu?]ṣuruna (ᵈda-gan, ᵈ[mu?]-ṣur-u-na)
– Milqartu and Yašumūna⁷ (ᵈmi-il-qar-tu, ᵈia-su-mu-na)
– Kubaba and Karḫuḫa⁸ (ᵈku₂-ba-ba, ᵈkar-ḫu-ḫa)
– Adad, [lost], Rammānu⁹ of Damascus (ᵈIŠKUR, ᵈ[x], ᵈra-ma-nu ša ᵘʳᵘdi-maš-qa)
– [the rest is lost]
Notes
1: Aššūr is listed first as an expression of Assyrian supremacy.
2: From Anu and Antu down to Ma(n)dānu and Ningirsu, these are all pairs of one male god followed by one goddess. They are all mainstream Mesopotamian deities, as are Girra and Nusku.
3: Ḫumḫummu is Ḫumbaba […]
4: Išum […]
5: On Ištar-of-Nineveh and Ištar-of-Arbela, see […]
6: [Mu?]ṣuruna is obscure.
7: Yašumūna is better known as Ešmūn (a later form of the name)..
8: The god Karḫuḫa was worshipped with Kubaba in Karkamiš, Anatolia.
9: Rammānu (‘thunderer’) is a title of Hadad/Adad.
XX From a curse in an Assyrian–Phoenician treaty (SSA 02 005, off-site link)
[… interesting theology!]
(Mesopotamian deities)
– [beginnning of section lost]
– Mullissu, who resides in Nineveh
– Ištar, who resides in Arbela
– Gula
– Pleiades
(Levantine deities)
– Bayati-ilānī(?) and Anati-Bayati-ilānī (ᵈba-a.a-ti–DINGIR.MEŠ, ᵈa-na-ti–ba-a.a-ti–DINGIR.MEŠ)
(General list of gods)
– great gods of heaven and earth (…)
– gods of Assyria (…)
– gods of Akkad (…)
– gods of Ebernari (…)
(Levantine deities, continued)
– Baˤl-Šamēmê, Baˤl-Malagê and Baˤl-Ṣapunū (ᵈba-al–sa-me-me, ᵈba-al–ma-la-ge-e, ᵈba-al–ṣa-pu-nu)
– Milqartu and and Yašumūnu (…)
– Aštartu (ᵈaš-tar-tu₂)
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