Nisaba
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Nisaba was the Mesopotamian goddess of writing and grain. She is one of the oldest Sumerian deities attested in writing, and remained prominent through many periods of Mesopotamian history. She was co
Fragment of a vase, likely from Girsu, with a depiction of a goddess often identified as Nisaba in modern scholarship
Stele Ur-Nanshe from Lagash. The goddess Nisaba appears on the frontal aspect. 26th century BCE. Iraq Museum, Baghdad
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Ninlil
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Ninlil was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of Enlil. She shared many of his functions, especially the responsibility for declaring destinies, and like him was regarded as a senior deity an
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…as "Nisaba of prosperity" (Nisaba ša mašrê). Their daughter was Sud, the city goddess of Shuruppak, in later periods fully conflated with Enlil's wife Ninlil. According to the god list An = Anum, Nisaba had two sukkals (attendant deities), Ungasaga and Hamun-ana…
Ruins of a temple at the site of ancient Nippur (Tell Nuffar), one of the cities associated with Ninlil
Drawing of an impression of a cylinder seal of Bur-Suen, a king whose devotion to Sud is mentioned in a hymn dedicated to her.