Nanaya
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Nanaya was a Mesopotamian goddess of love closely associated with Inanna.
The Land grant to Ḫunnubat-Nanaya kudurru, a stele of King Meli-Shipak II (1186–1172 BCE). Nanaya, seated on a throne, is being presented the daughter of the king, Ḫunnubat-Nanaya. Kassite period limestone stele, Louvre.
A possible late Hellenized depiction of Nanaya.
Statuette of a winged lamma from the Isin-Larsa period. Oriental Insistute Museum, Chicago.
Terracotta plaque of a seated goddess, possibly Nanaya, from Girsu. Kassite period. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul
Nabu
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Nabu is the Babylonian patron god of literacy, scribes, wisdom, and the rational arts. He is associated with the classical planet Mercury in Babylonian astronomy.
Nanaya
…eventually developed a distinctly warlike aspect, mostly present in relation to the so-called "Nanaya Eurshaba", worshipped in Borsippa independently from Nabu. She was instead associated with the god Mār-bīti, described as warlike and as a "terrifying hero", and, like in Uruk, with Uṣur-amāssu. Like Inanna…
Colossal statue of Nabu, 8th century BC, from Nimrud, on display in the National Museum of Iraq
Eighth-century BCE Assyrian seal portraying a worshipper between Nabu and Marduk, who each stand on a mušḫuššu (servant dragon)