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...

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

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...

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

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."...

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...

a shrine for Ištaran in the temple of Ningirsu at Girsu and describes Ištaran as a god of justice. On kudurrus (boundary stones), Ištaran is often represented...

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

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." 13–17 𒍑 uš 𒉺𒋼𒋛 ensi2...

Gu-Edin on the border between the two. After asking the opinion of the god Ištaran, Mesilim established a new border between Lagash and Umma, and erected...

known Mesopotamian god Ištaran, possibly also due to his presumed role as a “father of gods”. The theonym he restores as Ištaran is rendered logographically...

associated with the Ekur temple in Nippur equates Dumuzid with the snake-god Ištaran, who in that ritual, is described as having died. Dumuzid was also identified...

their contemporaries in Der and Assur were seen as representatives of Ištaran and Ashur, respectively. Fourteen year names attributed to Bilalama are...

association with her in hymns include Nisaba, Haya, Ningublaga, Ningishzida and Ištaran, though in the case of the last two the context in which they appear is...

the god Zīzānu was a son of Qudma or of Ištaran. While the god Nirah was frequently associated with Ištaran, he was his šipru ("messenger"), rather than...

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." 13–17 𒍑 𒉺𒋼𒋛 𒄑𒆵𒆠𒆤...

the Old Babylonian period, lists Enkimdu, Martu, Šumugan, Numušda and Ištaran. Enkimdu appears in the myth Enkimdu and Dumuzi. The text has originally...

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." 13–17 𒍑 𒉺𒋼𒋛 𒄑𒆵𒆠𒆤...

confirmed by the historical king Mesalim of Kish at the command of the god Ištaran. Shara was also worshiped in various smaller settlements in the vicinity...

Ninmada can be identified with Umun-šudde (or Lugal-šudde), who appears with Ištaran and Alla in an Emesal litany. A goddess whose name was written as dnin-ma-da...

also attested, though the same signs could also be read as the theonym Ištaran. His primary role was that of a divine judge. Manfred Krebernik proposes...

statue of Saĝkud of Bubê alongside those of other local deities, such as Ištaran, Mār-bīti and Šarrat-Deri. They were later returned by Esarhaddon. In a...

be represented by the logogram dMUŠ. However, it could also designate Ištaran, his messenger Nirah, the underworld god Ninazu, the tutelary god of Susa...

their inscriptions as šàr (lugal) ma-al-gi-imki, dTakil-ilissu, son of Ištaran-asû, Imgur-Sin, son of Ili-abi, and, probably the last one, dIpiq-Ištar...

year 653 BCE. The other gods mentioned are Ashur, Marduk, Nabu, Anu rabu (Ištaran) and Shamash. In the Old Babylonian period Bēl-ṣarbi was associated with...

underworld deities, Nergal and his entourage and the snake gods Tishpak and Ištaran. He is uncertain if Alammuš and his twin should be regarded as members...

for Ninurta, the eight-pointed star for Ištar, and the coiled snake for Ištaran. The principal parties to the transaction were the king and a Kassite military...