Nikkal
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Nikkal or Nikkal-wa-Ib was a goddess worshiped in various areas of the ancient Near East west of Mesopotamia. She was derived from the Mesopotamian goddess Ningal, and like her forerunner was regarded
Nikkal (second from the left) on the Yazılıkaya procession relief
Kušuḫ
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Kušuḫ, also known under the name Umbu, was the god of the moon in Hurrian pantheon. He is attested in cuneiform texts from many sites, from Hattusa in modern Turkey, through Ugarit, Alalakh, Mari and
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…no evidence that such an epithet was ever applied to Nikkal independently from the name Nikkal-wa-Ib. An alternate interpretation associates Ib with Umbu, a name of the moon god in Hurrian sources which possibly originated in Upper Mesopotamia. However, according to Mauro Giorgieri connecting this epithet…
An ancient Anatolian depiction of the moon god Arma, displaying iconography patterned after Kušuḫ's. Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara.
Kušuḫ, followed by Šimige, as depicted in Yazılıkaya.