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Išartu

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602: 226:(ARM 24 263) alongside Mišaru. In the latter city both forms of the name were used, with the longer one attested in the offering list ARM 23 264, between 640:
Die Wettergottgestalten Mesopotamiens und Nordsyriens im Zeitalter der Keilschriftkulturen: Materialien und Studien nach den schriftlichen Quellen
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celebrations; among other participants are chiefly figures typically associated with this goddess or the city of Uruk, such as
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According to Daniel Schwemer, the only source of evidence regarding the worship of Išartu in later periods are documents from
275:. Despite her presence in religious texts, Išartu is not attested in legal formulas or theophoric names from the late Uruk 144:(tablet III, line 247) she is described as his spouse. Manfred Krebernik argues that the pair represented the concept of 680: 445:
Goddesses in Context: On Divine Powers, Roles, Relationships and Gender in Mesopotamian Textual and Visual Sources
163:, and presumes the latter's own association with justice was influenced by this. Two known instances of the word 145: 235: 78: 219: 156: 160: 596: 238:
god list from Isin, but the signs are damaged and the name cannot be restored with certainty.
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known from a single late god list, which is instead assumed to mean "the ten gods."
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they are described as a couple. Evidence of the worship of Išartu includes early
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prayer, are presumed to be related to Išartu's presence in Adad s circle too.
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notes that both of them show affinity with another deity from this group,
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The deity Išar, presumed to be identical with Išartu, first appears in
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Like Mīšaru, Išartu belonged to the circle of deities associated with
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From the Mari archives: an anthology of old Babylonian letters
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tradition they were regarded as twins. In the god list
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442:Asher-Greve, Julia M.; Westenholz, Joan G. (2013). 62: 57: 47: 32: 245:. She was a member of the local pantheon in the 27:Mesopotamian goddess personifying righteousness 8: 386: 601:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 362: 374: 347: 288: 210:theophoric names. She was worshiped in 188:Išartu should not be confused with the 643:(in German). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 594: 410: 398: 29: 614:. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. 222:and appears in an offering list from 81:regarded as the divine hypostasis of 7: 493:Geschichte der hethitischen Religion 425: 322: 310: 25: 299:Asher-Greve & Westenholz 2013 118:Išartu functioned as the divine 569:. In van Ess, Margarete (ed.). 106:and late religious texts from 1: 565:Sallaberger, Walther (2021). 472:Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (2014), 523:Reallexikon der Assyriologie 478:Reallexikon der Assyriologie 517:Krebernik, Manfred (2008), 697: 39:Divine personification of 637:Schwemer, Daniel (2001). 548:10.1163/9789004364943_004 37: 610:Sasson, Jack M. (2015). 573:(in German). Wiesbaden. 490:Haas, Volkert (2015) . 676:Mesopotamian goddesses 102:, offering lists from 89:, and in the god list 519:"Richtergott(heiten)" 536:Krul, Julia (2018). 214:during the reign of 79:Mesopotamian goddess 220:Third Dynasty of Ur 181:composition and an 157:Paul-Alain Beaulieu 681:Justice goddesses 650:978-3-447-04456-1 621:978-1-57506-830-5 580:978-3-447-11368-7 503:978-90-04-29394-6 458:978-3-7278-1738-0 167:being used as an 72: 71: 48:Major cult center 16:(Redirected from 688: 662: 633: 606: 600: 592: 561: 532: 531: 530: 513: 511: 510: 486: 485: 484: 468: 466: 465: 450: 429: 423: 414: 408: 402: 396: 390: 387:Sallaberger 2021 384: 378: 372: 366: 360: 351: 345: 326: 320: 314: 308: 302: 296: 134:assumed that in 100:theophoric names 30: 21: 696: 695: 691: 690: 689: 687: 686: 685: 666: 665: 651: 636: 622: 609: 593: 581: 564: 558: 535: 528: 526: 516: 508: 506: 504: 489: 482: 480: 471: 463: 461: 459: 448: 441: 438: 433: 432: 424: 417: 409: 405: 397: 393: 385: 381: 373: 369: 361: 354: 346: 329: 321: 317: 309: 305: 297: 290: 285: 247:Seleucid period 204: 196: 116: 43: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 694: 692: 684: 683: 678: 668: 667: 664: 663: 649: 634: 620: 607: 579: 562: 556: 533: 514: 502: 487: 469: 457: 437: 434: 431: 430: 415: 413:, p. 236. 403: 401:, p. 237. 391: 389:, p. 363. 379: 377:, p. 511. 367: 365:, p. 356. 363:Krebernik 2008 352: 327: 325:, p. 564. 315: 303: 301:, p. 126. 287: 286: 284: 281: 236:Old Babylonian 203: 200: 194: 115: 112: 70: 69: 64: 60: 59: 55: 54: 49: 45: 44: 38: 35: 34: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 693: 682: 679: 677: 674: 673: 671: 660: 656: 652: 646: 642: 641: 635: 631: 627: 623: 617: 613: 608: 604: 598: 590: 586: 582: 576: 572: 568: 563: 559: 557:9789004364936 553: 549: 545: 541: 540: 534: 524: 520: 515: 505: 499: 495: 494: 488: 479: 475: 470: 460: 454: 447: 446: 440: 439: 435: 428:, p. 73. 427: 422: 420: 416: 412: 407: 404: 400: 395: 392: 388: 383: 380: 376: 375:Beaulieu 2014 371: 368: 364: 359: 357: 353: 350:, p. 68. 349: 348:Schwemer 2001 344: 342: 340: 338: 336: 334: 332: 328: 324: 319: 316: 313:, p. 68. 312: 307: 304: 300: 295: 293: 289: 282: 280: 278: 274: 270: 266: 262: 258: 257: 252: 248: 244: 239: 237: 233: 229: 225: 221: 217: 213: 209: 201: 199: 197: 191: 186: 184: 180: 179: 174: 170: 166: 162: 158: 154: 149: 147: 146:law and order 143: 142: 137: 133: 129: 125: 124:righteousness 121: 113: 111: 109: 105: 101: 98: 94: 93: 88: 84: 83:righteousness 80: 76: 68: 65: 61: 56: 53: 50: 46: 42: 41:righteousness 36: 31: 19: 639: 611: 570: 538: 527:, retrieved 522: 507:. Retrieved 492: 481:, retrieved 477: 462:. Retrieved 444: 436:Bibliography 406: 394: 382: 370: 318: 306: 269:Ninigizibara 254: 240: 208:Old Akkadian 205: 192: 187: 182: 176: 164: 150: 139: 132:Volkert Haas 117: 90: 74: 73: 525:(in German) 411:Sasson 2015 399:Sasson 2015 277:text corpus 253:during the 161:Uṣur-amāssu 670:Categories 589:1255365039 529:2022-10-25 509:2022-10-25 483:2022-10-25 464:2022-10-25 283:References 212:Bad-tibira 120:hypostasis 630:907931488 597:cite book 542:. BRILL. 426:Krul 2018 323:Haas 2015 311:Krul 2018 273:Ninmeurur 265:Ninsianna 232:Yakrub-El 183:eršaḫunga 141:An = Anum 114:Character 92:An = Anum 58:Genealogy 659:48145544 193:I-šìr-tu 97:Akkadian 218:of the 216:Shu-Sin 202:Worship 190:theonym 169:epithet 136:Mariote 18:Ishartu 657:  647:  628:  618:  587:  577:  554:  500:  455:  261:Nanaya 251:Ishtar 165:išartu 128:Mīšaru 87:Mīšaru 77:was a 75:Išartu 67:Mīšaru 63:Spouse 33:Išartu 449:(PDF) 256:akitu 228:Dagan 178:balag 173:Shala 655:OCLC 645:ISBN 626:OCLC 616:ISBN 603:link 585:OCLC 575:ISBN 552:ISBN 498:ISBN 453:ISBN 243:Uruk 230:and 224:Mari 175:, a 153:Adad 108:Uruk 104:Mari 52:Mari 544:doi 279:. 271:or 171:of 122:of 672:: 653:. 624:. 599:}} 595:{{ 583:. 550:. 521:, 476:, 451:. 418:^ 355:^ 330:^ 291:^ 267:, 263:, 155:. 148:. 130:. 110:. 661:. 632:. 605:) 591:. 560:. 546:: 512:. 467:. 195:4 20:)

Index

Ishartu
righteousness
Mari
Mīšaru
Mesopotamian goddess
righteousness
Mīšaru
An = Anum
Akkadian
theophoric names
Mari
Uruk
hypostasis
righteousness
Mīšaru
Volkert Haas
Mariote
An = Anum
law and order
Adad
Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Uṣur-amāssu
epithet
Shala
balag
theonym
Old Akkadian
Bad-tibira
Shu-Sin
Third Dynasty of Ur

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