constellation Hydra, which could be associated with Ištaran. Sometimes dDI.KU was used to render the name Ištaran as well, though these signs were also used to...
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Simat-Ištaran was a daughter of King Ur-Nammu, who was the first king of the Ur-III Dynasty in Mesopotamia, at the end of the third millennium BC. Simat-Ištaran...
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be Ištaran. Nirah was regarded as the messenger (šipru) of Ištaran, though not as his sukkal, as this role instead belonged to the god Qudma. Ištaran could...
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empire to secure loyalty in provinces. One example is his daughter Simat-Ištaran, who was married to a local general. Ur-Nammu is notable for having been...
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inim dištaran-na-ta eš2 gana2 be2-ra ki-ba na bi2-ru2 "Mesilim, king of Kiš, at the command of Ištaran, measured the field and set up a stele there."...
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family of the tribe. In ancient Mesopotamia, Nirah, the messenger god of Ištaran, was represented as a serpent on kudurrus, or boundary stones. Representations...
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gana2 be2-ra ki-ba na bi2-řu2 "Mesilim, king of Kiš, at the command of Ištaran, measured the field and set up a stele there." 13–17 𒍑 uš 𒉺𒋼𒋛 ensi2...
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where this pair is placed between dÍD (deified river or river ordeal) and Ištaran. It could function as an epithet of Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea. The pair...
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given proper care. In ancient Mesopotamia, Nirah, the messenger god of Ištaran, was represented as a serpent on kudurrus, or boundary stones. Representations...
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list she is identified with Nanaya. Aštiulḫālti, who is identified with Ištaran, the tutelary deity of the city of Der. This list is not thought to represent...
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