Bau (goddess)
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Bau is a Mesopotamian goddess. The reading of her name is a subject of debate among researchers, though Bau is considered the conventional spelling today. While initially regarded simply as a life-giv
Bust of a goddess, perhaps Bau, from Girsu. Louvre Museum.
Mesopotamian female deity seated on a chair, probably Bau or Ishtar. Old-Babylonian fired clay plaque from Ur, Iraq, 2003-1595 BCE. Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq
A seated figurine of Bau from Ur, on display in Iraq Museum.
A tablet mentioning sacrifices made to various gods worshiped in the state of Lagash, including Bau.
Gula (goddess)
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Gula was a Mesopotamian goddess of medicine, portrayed as a divine physician and midwife. Over the course of the second and first millennia BCE, she became one of the main deities of the Mesopotamian
Bau (goddess)
…to be associated, and partially syncretised, with the medicine goddess Ninisina. In the late second millennium BCE she also came to be associated with Gula, and could be equated with her, though texts where they are two separate goddesses are known too. In one case, Bau is described as the deity who bestowed…
A healing goddess with a dog on a kudurru
Kudurru of Gula, displayed in the Louvre
Gula seated upon a shrine, with a dog beside her on a kudurru. Kassite period, 15th-11th century BCE. Iraq Museum, Baghdad