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39: 688:, cult centers of Inanna of Zabalam (referred to as Supālītum) are listed in a separate short section. They include the Etemennigurru (location unknown; entry 319), the Esusuĝarra ("house where meals are set out"), likely in Uruk (entry 320), the E.AN-kum in an unknown location (entry 321), and the Egigunna in Muru (entry 322). In a lamentation, the Esiguz, "house of goat hair," located in Guabba, is associated with her. 217:, also known as Sugal in Akkadian (modern Tell Ibzeikh in Iraq). It is agreed that while to a degree the local manifestations of Inanna shared a "common essence," they also could have distinct, unique traits, and interpretations presenting them as facets of one goddess or as distinct figures could coexist. For example, in the 240:." While it is presumed that many cities adopted the cult of Inanna from Uruk in the Uruk period already, in Zabalam the introduction of the Urukean goddess might have resulted in such a situation due to the geographic proximity of both cities. Westenholz suggests her original name might have been Nin-UM, attested in the 351:
in modern literature aimed at general audiences, was specifically regarded as the son of the goddess of Zabalam. The translation of the only passage mentioning his father is uncertain. Julia M. Asher-Greve suggests this tradition was a secondary development, and Shara was only assigned to Inanna as a
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was known for her devotion to Inanna of Zabalam, despite not originating in this city. However, she did own a house there, and it is possible that an estate of the royal family was located nearby. Texts from Umma from the same period indicate that Inanna of Zabalam ("Nin-Zabalam") was also worshiped
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built a temple named Ezikalamma ("house - the life of the land"), as indicated by inscribed bricks found during excavations. References to the goddess of Zabalam also occur in sources from the capital of his kingdom. A priest of Sugallîtum is attested in a text from this city from the late Old
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maintain more caution, and refer to Nin-UM neutrally as a deity, rather than specifically a goddess, though they accept the name might refer to a hypostasis of Inanna in all contexts it is attested in. The meaning of the name Nin-UM is unknown, and a connection with the month name
356:, mother, though she also notes it was seemingly not related to motherhood, but rather to senior position in the pantheon and authority over specific cities. Manuel Molina instead assumes that it reflected the close relation between their respective cult centers. 602:), in a wisdom text mentioning offerings made to her, and in theophoric names such as Ubar-Šugallītu, Warad-Šugallītu, Šugallītu-gamil (in all cases the spellings used are logographic) and Kuk-Šugallītum (the theonym is spelled syllabically; the first element is 517:. However, only remnants of a later Old Babylonian structure have been found during excavations, last of which took part in 2001–2002 on behalf of State Board of Antiquities and Heritage of Iraq, but further research on the site is not possible due to extensive 525:
rendering it "almost completely destroyed and virtually irrecoverable to archaeology." The temple was seemingly the center of economic activity of the city. Most of the documents which presumably originated in Zabalam come from the temple's archive, though
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mentions the construction of a temple dedicated to her, the Ekalamtanigurru, possibly identical with the older sanctuary. She is also attested in various religious texts and in theophoric names from Larsa. Further cities where she was worshiped in the
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possibly to be identified with the earlier structure in Zabalam rebuilt by Shar-Kali-Shari. In the city of Larsa, she and a local manifestation of Inanna, "Queen-of-Larsa," were worshiped separately from each other. Her cult involved
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at some point in the prehistory of Mesopotamia and lost her unknown original character in the process, though in certain contexts she nonetheless could still be treated as distinct. She was regarded as the mother of
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the temple was nominally maintained by the governor of Umma, though the city of Zabalam was effectively under direct control of the royal family due to its religious and economic significance for the state. Queen
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Inanna of Zabalam is among the oldest attested examples of distinct manifestations of deities tied to specific geographical locations. She was the tutelary goddess of the city of
232:, the original character of the tutelary goddess of Zabalam was lost prior to the beginning of recorded history in a process in which "her selfhood was swallowed up by that of 621:. There are also references to the worship of "Inanna-Zabalam of Uruk" in Larsa. She additionally seemingly came to be viewed as one of the tutelary deities of the city 298:(tablet IV, line 134). A second similar name was Sugallītu (Šugallītu; "she of Zabalam"), whose spelling might have been influenced by the term Esugal, referring to a 225:, alongside other local manifestations, which might indicate in this context she was not strictly viewed as a hypostasis, but rather as a separate local goddess. 669:
Babylonian period, in which he acts as a witness. It has been suggested that his presence in Babylon was the result of the arrival of refugees from Larsa.
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Inanna of Zabalam retained her religious importance after the fall of the Third Dynasty of Ur, during the successive periods of the reigns of dynasties of
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of Larsa mentions the construction of a temple dedicated to her, the Ekalamtanigurru, "house which inspires dread in the land," according to
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Inanna of Zabalam could be referred to with the name Supālītum (Supallītu), derived from the Akkadian spelling of the toponym, and through a
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still contain references to offerings made to NANA NIN-SU.GAL, "Inanna-lady-of-Zabalam." According to Manfred Krebernik, a reference to
444:. The only other female tutelary deities of specific cities known from comparably early sources as Inanna of Zabalam are Inanna of Uruk, 473: 247: 149: 1897: 1643: 1526: 1505: 1942:
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1459: 38: 2035: 363:. The circle of deities associated with her also included Apiriĝmaḫ, as well as two goddesses attested in an analogous role in 518: 417:.UNUG, following a typical early pattern in which the combination of the name of a local deity, in this case, Inanna (MUŠ 680:
also occurs in an incantation postdating the Old Babylonian period in an enumeration of various names of Ishtar. In the
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is often difficult to establish due to the entire area surrounding ancient Umma and Zabalam being affected by looting.
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Cuneiform inscriptions in the collection of the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem: the old Babylonian inscriptions
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area. According to Witold Tyborowski, it might have been a variant name of a month in the local calendar of
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The oldest evidence for the existence of Zabalam and for the worship of its tutelary goddess comes from the
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Nin-Zabalam, "lady of Zabalam," especially when referring to the worship of this goddess in the settlement
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657:. The theophoric element Sugallitum can be found in a single name from this city, Amat-Sugallitum. 1967: 1903: 1831: 1774: 1766: 510: 384:, Nin-UM, a deity possibly identical with Inanna of Zabalam, appears in association with the god 325: 539: 413:(c. 3100 – 2900 BCE). The name of the city was written in cuneiform logographically as MUŠ 392:. However, the latter also maintained an independent identity and could be instead linked with 160:
periods, and from various literary texts. Later on, she came to be associated with the city of
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After the Old Babylonian period, Zabalam was likely abandoned. However, the archives of the
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Inanna of Zabalam belonged to the local pantheon of the state (later province) of
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The worship of Inanna of Zabalam is already attested in the early texts from the
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likely had "supraregional" significance already in the late Uruk period. In the
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An inscription of Warad-Sin refers to Inanna of Zabalam as a daughter of
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A foundation figurine dedicated to Inanna of Zabalam from the reign of
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and references to various temples dedicated to her occur in the
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son to make it possible to refer to her with the epithet
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De Gruyter. 1539: 1527: 1512: 1506: 1485: 1473: 1454: 1452: 1449: 1446: 1445: 1443:, p. 141. 1433: 1421: 1409: 1407:, p. 142. 1397: 1395:, p. 149. 1385: 1373: 1361: 1349: 1347:, p. 255. 1337: 1335:, p. 352. 1325: 1323:, p. 246. 1313: 1311:, p. 247. 1301: 1299:, p. 171. 1289: 1287:, p. 169. 1277: 1265: 1253: 1241: 1239:, p. 208. 1226: 1214: 1202: 1190: 1188:, p. 107. 1178: 1176:, p. 217. 1166: 1164:, p. 271. 1151: 1149:, p. 436. 1139: 1137:, p. 173. 1118: 1116:, p. 321. 1114:Waetzoldt 2014 1103: 1091: 1089:, p. 170. 1076: 1061: 1046: 1044:, p. 322. 1042:Waetzoldt 2014 1034: 1032:, p. 218. 1022: 1020:, p. 172. 1005: 1003:, p. 140. 993: 981: 979:, p. 202. 969: 954: 952:, p. 104. 942: 940:, p. 173. 930: 928:, p. 164. 926:Krebernik 2016 918: 916:, p. 257. 914:Krebernik 2013 901: 889: 885:Krebernik 2013 877: 875:, p. 101. 865: 863:, p. 510. 853: 834: 822: 810: 808:, p. 109. 798: 796:, p. 171. 781: 764: 752: 750:, p. 531. 731: 729:, p. 256. 727:Krebernik 2013 716: 714:, p. 316. 696: 695: 693: 690: 686:Kassite period 562: 559: 553: 546: 500: 461: 458: 437: 418: 414: 406: 403: 401: 398: 340: 337: 331: 296:Inanna-su-bala 270:folk etymology 210: 207: 203:Kassite period 150:Early Dynastic 90: 89: 84: 80: 79: 75: 74: 65: 61: 60: 57: 53: 52: 42: 34: 33: 30: 27: 26: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 2053: 2042: 2039: 2037: 2034: 2033: 2031: 2019: 2015: 2011: 2005: 2001: 1996: 1986: 1982: 1977: 1973: 1969: 1965: 1961: 1957: 1953: 1949: 1945: 1940: 1936: 1932: 1928: 1922: 1918: 1913: 1909: 1905: 1901: 1899:9781646021512 1895: 1891: 1887: 1883: 1879: 1874: 1864: 1858: 1854: 1853: 1847: 1837: 1833: 1829: 1825: 1821: 1817: 1813: 1808: 1799: 1795: 1794:"Zabala/u(m)" 1790: 1780: 1776: 1772: 1768: 1764: 1760: 1756: 1752: 1748: 1744: 1740: 1735: 1725: 1721: 1716: 1706: 1702: 1697: 1687: 1683: 1678: 1668: 1664: 1659: 1655: 1651: 1647: 1645:0-931464-80-3 1641: 1637: 1632: 1628: 1622: 1618: 1614: 1610: 1605: 1595: 1591: 1590:"Nin-Zabalam" 1586: 1576: 1572: 1567: 1563: 1557: 1553: 1549: 1545: 1540: 1530: 1528:0-7141-1705-6 1524: 1520: 1519: 1513: 1509: 1507:9781575068886 1503: 1499: 1495: 1491: 1486: 1476: 1470: 1463: 1462: 1456: 1455: 1450: 1442: 1437: 1434: 1431:, p. 92. 1430: 1425: 1422: 1419:, p. 67. 1418: 1413: 1410: 1406: 1401: 1398: 1394: 1389: 1386: 1382: 1377: 1374: 1370: 1365: 1362: 1358: 1357:Barberon 2014 1353: 1350: 1346: 1341: 1338: 1334: 1329: 1326: 1322: 1317: 1314: 1310: 1305: 1302: 1298: 1293: 1290: 1286: 1281: 1278: 1275:, p. 30. 1274: 1269: 1266: 1262: 1257: 1254: 1251:, p. 77. 1250: 1245: 1242: 1238: 1233: 1231: 1227: 1224:, p. 73. 1223: 1218: 1215: 1212:, p. 33. 1211: 1206: 1203: 1200:, p. 13. 1199: 1194: 1191: 1187: 1182: 1179: 1175: 1170: 1167: 1163: 1162:Barberon 2014 1158: 1156: 1152: 1148: 1147:Sharlach 2021 1143: 1140: 1136: 1131: 1129: 1127: 1125: 1123: 1119: 1115: 1110: 1108: 1104: 1101:, p. 40. 1100: 1095: 1092: 1088: 1083: 1081: 1077: 1074:, p. 44. 1073: 1068: 1066: 1062: 1059:, p. 58. 1058: 1053: 1051: 1047: 1043: 1038: 1035: 1031: 1026: 1023: 1019: 1014: 1012: 1010: 1006: 1002: 997: 994: 991:, p. 31. 990: 985: 982: 978: 973: 970: 967:, p. 32. 966: 961: 959: 955: 951: 946: 943: 939: 934: 931: 927: 922: 919: 915: 910: 908: 906: 902: 898: 893: 890: 886: 881: 878: 874: 869: 866: 862: 857: 854: 851:, p. 50. 850: 845: 843: 841: 839: 835: 832:, p. 43. 831: 826: 823: 819: 814: 811: 807: 802: 799: 795: 790: 788: 786: 782: 779:, p. 42. 778: 773: 771: 769: 765: 762:, p. 59. 761: 756: 753: 749: 744: 742: 740: 738: 736: 732: 728: 723: 721: 717: 713: 708: 706: 704: 702: 698: 691: 689: 687: 683: 679: 678:Šu-gal-li-tum 675: 670: 667: 663: 658: 656: 652: 648: 644: 640: 636: 632: 628: 624: 620: 616: 612: 607: 605: 601: 597: 593: 589: 584: 580: 576: 572: 568: 560: 558: 556: 549: 541: 536: 535:Ur III period 531: 529: 524: 520: 516: 512: 508: 504: 496: 492: 489:and the hymn 488: 483: 481: 480: 475: 471: 467: 459: 457: 455: 451: 447: 443: 436: 432: 428: 424: 412: 405:Early history 404: 399: 397: 395: 391: 387: 383: 382: 376: 374: 370: 366: 362: 357: 355: 350: 346: 338: 336: 334: 327: 324:also use the 323: 322:Ur III period 319: 316:. 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Index

Inanna

Warad-Sin
Larsa
Zabalam
Larsa
Shara
hypostasis
Mesopotamian goddess
Inanna
Zabalam
Uruk
Shara
Umma
Uruk period
Early Dynastic
Sargonic
Ur III
Larsa
Warad-Sin
Old Babylonian period
Nippur
Uruk
Isin
Kisurra
Babylon
First Sealand dynasty
Kassite period
Zabalam
Weidner god list

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