Religion:Ninkarnunna
Ninkarnunna (dNin-kar-nun-na, Sumerian: "lord of the exalted quay") was a Mesopotamian god who belonged to the circle of deities associated with Ninurta.[1] He was the bar-šu-gal (possibly "masseur") of this god.[1] A litany refers to him as the "good child" (dumu sagga).[1]
According to the god list An = Anum, Ninkarnunna's brother was Inimmanizi,[2] the sukkal (vizier) of Ninurta.[3] According to Wilfred G. Lambert it is possible that some copies instead regard Ninkarnunna as a female deity and the spouse of Inimmanizi.[3] An association between Ninkarnunna and Inimmanizi is also attested in astronomical texts.[4]
A temple of Ninkarnunna existed in Nippur.[1] In Babylon, he was worshiped in the E-rabriri,[5] the temple of Mandanu, which lead Antoine Cavigneaux and Mandred Krebernik to propose that Mandanu might have been syncretised with Ninurta in this city.[1] His seat in the latter temple was known as E-ushumgal-anna, "house of the dragon (ushumgal) of heaven."[5]
Ninkarnunna is mentioned in Angim.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cavigneaux & Krebernik 1998, p. 441.
- ↑ Litke 1998, pp. 48-49.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lambert 1980, p. 104.
- ↑ Litke 1998, p. 49.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 George 1992, p. 107.
Bibliography
- Cavigneaux, Antoine; Krebernik, Manfred (1998) (in de)
- George, Andrew R. (1992). Babylonian Topographical Texts. Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. Departement Oriëntalistiek. ISBN 978-90-6831-410-6. https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/19287/. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- Lambert, Wilfred G. (1980)
- Litke, Richard L. (1998). A reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian god lists, AN:dA-nu-umm and AN:Anu šá Ameli. New Haven: Yale Babylonian Collection. ISBN 978-0-9667495-0-2. OCLC 470337605.
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