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The Sumerian version, entitled Descent of Inanna into the Underworld, comprises 400 lines and is the modern designation for the myth. The incipit, which designates the Sumerian text, bestows upon it the title Angalta, which translates to "From the Great Sky." [4] This version, discovered after the Akkadian version, is of a more archaic provenance.
An ancient Sumerian depiction of the marriage of Inanna and Dumuzid [125] Inanna's twin brother was Utu (known as Shamash in Akkadian), the god of the sun and justice. [126] [127] [128] In Sumerian texts, Inanna and Utu are depicted as extremely close; [129] some modern authors even perceive their relationship as bordering on incestuous.
The text has originally been published under the title Inanna prefers the farmer by Samuel Noah Kramer in 1944. [340] Initially it was assumed that it would end with Inanna choosing Enkimdu, but this interpretation was abandoned after more editions were compiled. [340] In laments, he could be associated with Amurru. [341]
The Sumerian ninna can also be translated as the Akkadian kilili, which is also a name or epithet for Ishtar. 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 ...
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 ...
Original Sumerian tablet of the Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzid. The poem "Inanna Prefers the Farmer" (ETCSL 4.0.8.3.3) begins with a rather playful conversation between Inanna and her brother Utu, who incrementally reveals to her that it is time for her to marry. [30] [31] Dumuzid comes to court her, along with a farmer named Enkimdu. [30]
Epithet Location Notes Akuṣitum Akus [29]: Akuṣitum (also spelled Akusitum) was the epithet of Inanna as the goddess of Akus, attested in royal inscriptions of the Manāna dynasty near Kish, in a later religious text pertaining to the deities of that city, in the god list An = Anum (tablet IV, line 134), and in the name of one of the gates of Babylon.
Ultimately, Inanna reaches An, who is shocked by her arrogance, but nevertheless concedes that she has succeeded and that the temple is now her domain. [147] The text ends with a hymn expounding Inanna's greatness. [147] This myth may represent an eclipse in the authority of the priests of An in Uruk and a transfer of power to the priests of ...