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...

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...

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...

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...

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."...

family of the tribe. In ancient Mesopotamia, Nirah, the messenger god of Ištaran, was represented as a serpent on kudurrus, or boundary stones. Representations...

given proper care. In ancient Mesopotamia, Nirah, the messenger god of Ištaran, was represented as a serpent on kudurrus, or boundary stones. Representations...

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...

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...

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...