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Ancient Sumerian statuette of two gala priests, dating to c. 2450 BC, found in the temple of Inanna at Mari. The Gala (Sumerian: 𒍑𒆪, romanized: gala, Akkadian: kalû) were priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna. They made up a significant number of the personnel of both temples and palaces, the central institutions of Mesopotamian city ...
Zinu probably bought the wool herself at a local market, where it was sold by shepherds. Iddin-Sin likely addressed his mother because spinning and weaving in Mesopotamia was usually done by women, though there were exceptions. [12] Whether Iddin-Sin wrote the letter himself or dictated it to a scribe is not clear.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... move to sidebar hide. Help. Women of Mesopotamia during ancient history. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 ...
Antu (𒀭𒌈) or Antum [1] was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the feminine counterpart and spouse of the sky god, Anu.She was sometimes identified with the earth rather than the sky, though such references are not common.
Mesopotamian mythology refers to the myths, religious texts, and other literature that comes from the region of ancient Mesopotamia which is a historical region of Western Asia, situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system that occupies the area of present-day Iraq.
Scholars have noted its importance in revolutionizing our understanding of ancient women and providing new theoretical frameworks for analyzing them, [1] [2] such as gender archaeology. Archaeological projects regularly uncover surprising information about ancient women on subjects as varied as motherhood [3] to the historical inspiration for ...
Sumerian religion was the religion practiced by the people of Sumer, the first literate civilization found in recorded history and based in ancient Mesopotamia, and what is modern day Iraq. The Sumerians widely regarded their divinities as responsible for all matters pertaining to the natural and social orders of their society. [3]: 3–4
The god Marduk and his dragon Mušḫuššu. Ancient Mesopotamian religion encompasses the religious beliefs (concerning the gods, creation and the cosmos, the origin of man, and so forth) and practices of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia between circa 6000 BC [1] and 400 AD.