Religion:Kindazi
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Short description: Sumerian god
| Kindazi ππ±π£ | |
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Divine Barber | |
 Macehead dedicated to Kindazi by Queen Nin-kagina for Nam-mahani, British Museum, BM 22445 |
Kindazi was wordshipped in Lagash
Kindazi (Sumerian: ππ±π£, dkinda2-zi)[1] was a minor Sumerian god. He was a "divine barber" and an acolyte of god Ningirsu.[2][3]
He is known from inscriptions, such as a macehead dedicated by queen Ninkagina for the life of King Nam-mahani of Lagash:[4]
ππ±π£ / πππ / ππΎ / ππ€π / ππΌπ / π’ππ·π π / ππ ππΎ / ππ π¬π€ / π ππΎπ·ππ / ππ¬πΎπ /π ππ / ππ¬ππ£π / πΆπ ππ£π£ / π¬π
dkinda2-zi / lugal-a-ni / nam-ti / nam-mah-ni / ensi2 / lagashKI-ka-she3 / nin-inim-gi-na / dumu ka-ku3-ke4 / u3 nam-ti-la-ni-she3 / a mu-na-ru / shita2-ba / lugal-mu ba-zi-ge / he2-ma-da-zi-zi / mu-bi
"To Kindazi, her king. Nin-kagina, daughter of Kaku, donated this on account of the life of Nammahani, ruler of Lagash, and also for her life"
He also appears in various other inscriptions, such as the Gudea cylinders.[6]
References
- β "Sumerian Dictionary". http://oracc.iaas.upenn.edu/epsd2/cbd/sux/N.html.
- β Chavalas, Mark (2013) (in en). Women in the Ancient Near East: A Sourcebook. Routledge. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-135-00824-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=oY5mAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA17.
- β (in en) Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Anthology of the Earliest Female Authors. Cambridge University Press. 2017. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-108-50577-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=wC45DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA182.
- β 4.0 4.1 (in en) Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Anthology of the Earliest Female Authors. Cambridge University Press. 2017. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-108-50577-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=wC45DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA182.
- β "CDLI-Archival View". https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P234697.
- β Edzard, Sibylle; Edzard, Dietz Otto (1997) (in en). Gudea and His Dynasty. University of Toronto Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8020-4187-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=0guVA19YUVoC&pg=PA97.
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