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The tablet contains a balbale (a kind of Sumerian poem) which is known by the titles "Bridegroom, Spend the Night in Our House Till Dawn" or "A Love Song of Shu-Suen (Shu-Suen B)". Composed of 29 lines, [ 5 ] this poem is a monologue directed to king Shu-Sin (ruled 1972–1964 BC, short chronology , or 2037–2029 BC, long chronology [ 4 ] ).
Inanna/Ishtar as harlot or goddess of harlots was a well known theme in Mesopotamian mythology and in one text, Inanna is called kar-kid (harlot) and ab-ba-[šú]-šú, which in Akkadian would be rendered kilili. Thus there appears to be a cluster of metaphors linking prostitute and owl and the goddess Inanna/Ishtar; this could match the most ...
The star of Inanna usually had eight points, [1] though the exact number of points sometimes varies. [2] Six-pointed stars also occur frequently, but their symbolic meaning is unknown. [3] The eight-pointed star was Inanna's most common symbol, [1] and in later times became the most common symbol of the goddess Ishtar, Inanna's East Semitic ...
The concept of divinity in Sumerian is closely associated with the heavens, as is evident from the fact that the cuneiform sign doubles as the ideogram for 'sky', and that its original shape is the picture of a star. The eight-pointed star was a chief symbol for the goddess Inanna.
Meli-Šipak II, or alternatively Melišiḫu [nb 1] in contemporary inscriptions, was the 33rd king of the Kassite or 3rd Dynasty of Babylon c. 1186–1172 BC (short chronology) and ruled for 15 years. [i 3] Tablets with two of his year names, 4 and 10, were found at Ur. [1]
Inanna [a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power.Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar [b] (and occasionally the logogram 𒌋𒁯).
Karaindaš was one of the more prominent rulers of the Kassite dynasty and reigned towards the end of the 15th century BC. An inscription on a tablet detailing building work calls him “Mighty King, King of Babylonia, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the Kassites, King of Karduniaš,” [1] [i 1] inscribed ka-ru-du-ni-ia-aš, probably the Kassite language designation for their kingdom and the ...
Epithets of Inanna were titles and bynames used to refer to this Mesopotamian goddess and to her Akkadian counterpart Ishtar. In Mesopotamia, epithets were commonly used in place of the main name of the deity, and combinations of a name with an epithet similar to these common in ancient Greek religion are comparatively uncommon.