Nadītu (sometimes romanized as naditu, with the long vowel omitted) were a social class in ancient Mesopotamia, attested only in the Old Babylonian period...

as priestesses. In Babylonia they occupied a position analogous to the nadītu, and were similarly forbidden from having children, though not from marriage...

inscriptions pertaining to this city mention her. She was also associated with the Nadītu community inhabiting it. She is less well attested in the other cult center...

is known from the cuneiform tablets on which she wrote. Amat-Mamu was a Naditu priestess and temple scribe in Sippar, in ancient Babylonia. We know she...

"house of heaven" in Uruk was the greatest of these. The temple housed Nadītu, priestesses of the goddess. The high priestess would choose for her bed...

male subordinate. Belassunu was Iltani's sister. There were at least three naditu priests named Iltani: the sister of King Hammurabi, the daughter of King...

special group connected to Shamash in Sippar were women referred to as nadītu. Their existence is particularly well attested in the Old Babylonian period...

Signs Cuneiform Abbess nin-diĝir ēntu SAL.TUG2.AN 𒊩𒌆𒀭 Priestess lukur nadītu SAL.ME 𒊩𒈨 Nun nugig qadištu NU.GIG 𒉡𒍼 Hierodule Priestess nubar kulmašītu...

transacted business, and initiated the hieros gamos with priests and kings. Nadītu served as priestesses in the temples of Inanna in the city of Uruk. They...

Abu-Mahmud Khujandi, Transoxanian astronomer and mathematician. Amat-Mamu, a Naditu priestess and temple scribe in Sippar, in ancient Babylonia. Muhammad Yunus...