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It is possible that the toponym is a temple name, e 2-gag-kaš-si, "house where the mouth is filled with beer", following the proposed interpretation of Ninkasi's name as a shortened form of nin kag-e kaš si, "lady who fills the mouth with beer". [110] Outside of this hymn she was not associated with a specific cult center of her own, and ...
Ninkasi was the goddess of beer, and as such was associated with its production, consumption and effects - both positive and negative. [8] Jeremy Black described her as "one of (...) minor deities without a strongly defined personality who merely symbolise the object or phenomenon that they are associated with."
A tablet found dating back to 1800 BCE contains the Hymn to Ninkasi which is also basically a recipe for Mesopotamian beer. [13] Sumerian beer was made from bappir, a bread made from twice-baked barley, which was then fermented. [14] In ancient Babylon, women worked as baker-brewers and were often engaged in the commercial distribution of beer.
Philistine pottery beer jug. Beer is one of the oldest human-produced drinks. The written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia records the use of beer, and the drink has spread throughout the world; a 3,900-year-old Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest surviving beer-recipe, describing the production of beer from barley bread, and in China ...
Dec. 9—Beer and hymns. The two words are rarely seen together, but one group in Morgantown has found a sense of community in the combination. In 2017, Rich Chaffins was attending a festival with ...
A hymn to Ninkasi states that while this goddess was raised by Ninhursag, her parents were Ninti and Enki. [7] Ninti and Ninkasi occur near each other in a document from the Fara period . [ 8 ] The relation between Ninti and Enki is also attested in the god list An = Anum , [ 9 ] where she is equated with his spouse Damkina . [ 10 ]
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Some of the earliest writings mention the production and distribution of beer: the Code of Hammurabi (1750 BC) included laws regulating it, while "The Hymn to Ninkasi", a prayer to the Mesopotamian goddess of beer, contains a recipe for it. Beer forms part of the culture of many nations and is associated with social traditions such as beer ...