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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]
The oldest writing of Geshtinanna's name was Amageshtin or Amageshtinanna, as attested in documents from Lagash from the Early Dynastic period. [1] There is no agreement over whether Amageshtin was a shortened form of Amageshtinanna or if the suffix-anna was added to a pre-existing name, but Manfred Krebernik argues the latter is more likely, as Amageshtin is attested as an ordinary personal ...
The name of Dumuzid's mother was usually written as d BU-du. [1] The possible readings of the cuneiform sign BU include sír and dur 7. [1] Duttur is the commonly accepted reading of the name in modern scholarship, [2] [3] [4] though the variant Durtur is also in use. [5] Other attested writings include the Emesal forms Zertu and Zertur and ...
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.
Inanna (also known as Ishtar in Akkadian) is a prominent deity in the Mesopotamian pantheon, identified as the "Lady of Heaven" in Sumerian texts. Inanna is the daughter of Sîn (Nanna in Sumerian), the moon god, and his wife Nikkal. Her siblings include the sun god Shamash (Utu in Sumerian) and Ereshkigal, her older sister. [15]
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