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36: 432:("star") or Maḫdianna ("lofty one of heaven") was frequently associated with Ninsianna. They appear together in multiple god lists. A certain Sîn-išmeanni described himself as "servant of Ninsianna and Kabta" on a cylinder seal. However, the exact nature of the relationship between these two deities, and even Kabta's gender, remain uncertain due to scarcity and state of preservation of available sources. 322:
is otherwise exclusively a title of gods, not goddesses. According to Daniel Schwemer, direct references to masculine Ninsianna are overall relatively common. However, some evidence in favor of interpreting specific references to Ninsianna as designating this deity as a god rather than a goddess, for
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priest of this deity is attested in one document. A text from this location deals with an oracular inquiry to Ninsianna about the well-being of Ur-Utu. A reference to a city gate of Ninsianna is also known, though the tablet is broken making the context it appears in difficult to ascertain.
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inscriptions mentioning Ninsianna are known too. For example, three have been found in Sippar. Some such seals mention this deity alongside Adad. Occasionally Ninsianna appears as a theophoric element in personal names, with known examples including Ur-Ninsianna, Lu-Ninsianna, and
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considered it possible that the deity was male and functioned as the spouse of Ninsianna, but there is also evidence in favor of viewing Kabta as a goddess, including a seal depicting two goddesses who might be Ninsianna and Kabta. According to Jeremiah Peterson, in the god list
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also lists ALAM as a byname of Timua, though according to Wilfred G. Lambert this is most likely a reference of the concept of deified statues, and does not indicate any relation to other deities whose names could be written with the same logogram, such as
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has characterized Ninsianna as a "dimorphic (...) goddess," while Julia M. Asher-Greve—as a "bi-gendered deity." It has been proposed that Ninsianna was originally considered to be female, but her gender became variable due to contact between
147:. There is evidence that Ninsianna's gender varied between locations, and both feminine and masculine forms of this deity were worshiped. Due to their shared connection to Venus, Ninsianna was associated with Inanna. Furthermore, the deity 711:
and other goddesses, most of whom are known for association with either Ishtar or the city of Uruk. According to Julia Krul, she was introduced to the local pantheon in this period because of her association with Inanna-Ishtar.
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with other deities equates her with Ninsianna. According to Julia Krul, the goal was to establish Antu as "Ištar’s superior in the domain of the heavens" as a part of a broader phenomenon of extending the scope of her cult in
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Ninsianna, according to Julia M. Asher-Greve treated as a goddess in this context, is one of the female deities most commonly mentioned in personal letters from the Old Babylonian period, in which she appears less often than
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which mentions the construction of a different temple of Ninsianna might pertain to a house of worship located in Nippur, though other locations have been proposed as well in the past, including
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The use of Ninsianna's name to refer to Venus declined after the Old Babylonian period. However, there is evidence that the feminine form of Ninsianna continued to be worshiped in the
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who represented the same celestial body as a male deity. However, according Westenholz Ninsianna's case is distinct from instances of deities whose gender changed due to
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The goddess Timua frequently appears in god lists and other lexical lists alongside Ninsianna and Kabta, and is also explained with the same phrase as both of them in
401:. The latter goddess own association with the planet Venus goes back to the Uruk period. However, their functions in Mesopotamian religion were separate. In 170:. The use of Ninsianna's name to refer to the planet Venus declined later, though the feminine form of this deity continued to be worshiped, for example in 245:, like a number of other astral deities. A compendium of oil omens states that oil spreading into the shape of a star is an omen pertaining to Ninsianna. 405:, Ninsianna and Inanna were worshiped separately from each other, with only the former serving as a divine representation of the planet Venus. Separate 1840:
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presents Ninsianna both as a deity of justice, "judge, supreme advisor, who distinguishes between truth and falsehood," and as a divine warrior.
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Ninsianna's gender varies between known sources. A scholarly tablet from the archive of Ur-Utu, who served the chief lamentation priest (
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rituals involved offerings to Ninsianna, as well as the astral representations of other deities. While absent from texts from Uruk from
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vocabulary. Jeremiah Peterson instead favors the translation "goddess of the star." The association between Ninsianna and
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Ninsianna, the "Red Queen of Heaven," was a divine representation of the planet Venus. In the second millennium BCE this
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Goddesses in Context: On Divine Powers, Roles, Relationships and Gender in Mesopotamian Textual and Visual Sources
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stone mentioned in them. Ninsianna was also considered female in the context of the worship of this deity in
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archives appear to present Ninsianna as a goddess, rather than a god, as evidenced by the connection to the
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appears alongside Ninsianna in many texts, but the character of the relation between them remains unclear.
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calls Ninsianna the "mistress who illuminates heaven." It has been proposed that in art, for example on
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Gender of Ninsianna seems to vary based on location as well. It is generally accepted that in
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itself Ninsianna is one of best attested goddesses in various documents, next to Ishtar,
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on at least one occasion referred to Ninsianna as male, calling him as a “king” (
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in such cases might be employed as a gender neutral term, similar to Sumerian
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Ancient Sippar: a Demographic Study of an Old-Babylonian City, 1894-1595 B.C.
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for this deity. According to Walther Sallaberger, a tablet from the reign of
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God lists from Old Babylonian Nippur in the University Museum, Philadelphia
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sources. It refers to Ninsianna as the name of Venus during the month of
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A late hymn which uses "rare and unusual lexical equations" to identify
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periods, including royal inscriptions, personal letters, seals and
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are asked for a blessing for the person it was addressed to. Many
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The oldest evidence for the worship of Ninsianna comes from the
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could be used to represent the astral body in various works of
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Yar’ip-Ninsianna. In Old Babylonian sources from the city of
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came to be used more commonly instead, with the exception of
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A šir-namursaĝa to Ninsiana for Iddin-Dagan (Iddin-Dagan A)
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highlight a connection to light and radiance. A text from
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as analogous to Ninsianna. Pinikir's gender varies in
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text, but its ceremonial name is not listed in it. A
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and is attested for the first time in texts from the
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Rim-Sîn I of 258: 184: 45: 29: 17: 12: 11: 5: 2057: 2047: 2046: 2041: 2036: 2031: 2026: 2021: 2016: 2011: 1997: 1996: 1983: 1982:External links 1980: 1978: 1977: 1971: 1958: 1932:(112): 49–90. 1921: 1893: 1876: 1863: 1849: 1834: 1806: 1789: 1775: 1760: 1746: 1733: 1715: 1701: 1676: 1670: 1647: 1628: 1603: 1584: 1566: 1552: 1539: 1533: 1512: 1498: 1485: 1446: 1440: 1422: 1380: 1378: 1375: 1372: 1371: 1359: 1357:, p. 126. 1347: 1335: 1323: 1321:, p. 188. 1311: 1309:, p. 169. 1299: 1297:, p. 155. 1287: 1285:, p. 152. 1270: 1258: 1246: 1244:, p. 251. 1234: 1222: 1220:, p. 709. 1210: 1198: 1186: 1184:, p. 425. 1174: 1172:, p. 508. 1170:Krebernik 2011 1162: 1150: 1135: 1123: 1121:, p. 434. 1111: 1109:, p. 355. 1096: 1081: 1066: 1051: 1039: 1037:, p. 441. 1024: 1022:, p. 297. 1009: 1007:, p. 125. 1005:Krebernik 1997 997: 985: 983:, p. 487. 973: 971:, p. 255. 954: 935: 923: 908: 906:, p. 127. 893: 874: 857: 840: 838:, p. 284. 821: 819:, p. 254. 800: 761: 759:, p. 101. 742: 740:, p. 488. 720: 719: 717: 714: 658:Kassite period 525: 522: 470:folk etymology 464: 428:A deity named 383:of the star,” 370: 367: 270:Sippar-Amnanum 257: 254: 236:cylinder seals 224:Sippar-Amnanum 209:Old Babylonian 200:Neo-Babylonian 183: 180: 164:Old Babylonian 120: 119: 114: 110: 109: 105: 104: 98: 94: 93: 89: 88: 85: 81: 80: 77: 73: 72: 67: 61: 60: 51: 47: 46: 39: 31: 30: 27: 24: 23: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 2056: 2045: 2042: 2040: 2037: 2035: 2032: 2030: 2027: 2025: 2022: 2020: 2017: 2015: 2012: 2010: 2007: 2006: 2004: 1995: 1991: 1990: 1986: 1985: 1974: 1968: 1964: 1959: 1949: 1945: 1940: 1935: 1931: 1927: 1922: 1918: 1912: 1904: 1900: 1896: 1890: 1886: 1882: 1877: 1873: 1869: 1864: 1860: 1856: 1852: 1846: 1842: 1841: 1835: 1831: 1825: 1817: 1813: 1809: 1803: 1799: 1795: 1790: 1786: 1782: 1778: 1772: 1768: 1767: 1761: 1757: 1753: 1749: 1743: 1739: 1734: 1725: 1721: 1716: 1712: 1708: 1704: 1698: 1694: 1690: 1686: 1682: 1677: 1673: 1671:9789004364936 1667: 1663: 1659: 1655: 1654: 1648: 1638: 1634: 1629: 1625: 1621: 1617: 1614:(in German). 1613: 1609: 1604: 1594: 1590: 1585: 1574: 1573: 1567: 1563: 1559: 1555: 1553:0-931464-80-3 1549: 1545: 1540: 1536: 1530: 1526: 1522: 1518: 1513: 1509: 1505: 1501: 1499:1-883053-23-4 1495: 1491: 1486: 1482: 1478: 1473: 1472:2027.42/77419 1468: 1464: 1460: 1456: 1452: 1447: 1443: 1437: 1430: 1429: 1423: 1419: 1415: 1411: 1407: 1403: 1399: 1395: 1391: 1387: 1382: 1381: 1369:, p. 75. 1368: 1363: 1356: 1351: 1345:, p. 67. 1344: 1339: 1333:, p. 73. 1332: 1327: 1320: 1315: 1308: 1303: 1296: 1291: 1284: 1279: 1277: 1275: 1268:, p. 55. 1267: 1262: 1256:, p. 87. 1255: 1250: 1243: 1238: 1231: 1226: 1219: 1214: 1208:, p. 83. 1207: 1202: 1195: 1190: 1183: 1178: 1171: 1166: 1160:, p. 59. 1159: 1158:Peterson 2009 1154: 1148:, p. 95. 1147: 1142: 1140: 1132: 1131:Peterson 2009 1127: 1120: 1115: 1108: 1103: 1101: 1094:, p. 58. 1093: 1092:Peterson 2009 1088: 1086: 1079:, p. 34. 1078: 1073: 1071: 1064:, p. 69. 1063: 1058: 1056: 1048: 1043: 1036: 1035:Schwemer 2001 1031: 1029: 1021: 1016: 1014: 1006: 1001: 994: 989: 982: 977: 970: 965: 963: 961: 959: 952:, p. 92. 951: 946: 944: 942: 940: 933:, p. 58. 932: 927: 921:, p. 37. 920: 915: 913: 905: 900: 898: 891:, p. 93. 890: 885: 883: 881: 879: 872:, p. 86. 871: 866: 864: 862: 855:, p. 27. 854: 849: 847: 845: 837: 832: 830: 828: 826: 818: 813: 811: 809: 807: 805: 797: 796:Stephens 2016 792: 790: 788: 786: 784: 782: 780: 778: 776: 774: 772: 770: 768: 766: 758: 753: 751: 749: 747: 739: 734: 732: 730: 728: 726: 721: 713: 710: 706: 702: 698: 694: 690: 686: 685: 680: 676: 675: 670: 666: 663: 659: 654: 651: 647: 643: 639: 635: 631: 626: 622: 618: 614: 610: 604: 602: 598: 594: 590: 586: 582: 578: 574: 570: 566: 562: 557: 555: 551: 547: 543: 539: 535: 534:Ur III period 531: 521: 519: 515: 510: 505: 503: 499: 495: 491: 486: 484: 480: 475: 471: 467: 460: 455: 453: 452:Ištar kakkabi 449: 446: 442: 441: 435: 431: 426: 424: 420: 416: 412: 408: 404: 400: 399:Ur III period 396: 392: 391: 386: 385:Ištar kakkabi 382: 378: 377: 373:The god list 366: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 344: 343: 338: 334: 330: 326: 321: 317: 316: 311: 307: 303: 299: 294: 292: 288: 284: 280: 275: 271: 267: 263: 253: 251: 246: 244: 239: 237: 233: 229: 225: 221: 216: 214: 210: 206: 205: 201: 197: 193: 189: 179: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 156:Ur III period 152: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 130: 126: 118: 115: 111: 106: 103: 99: 95: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 71: 68: 66: 62: 59: 55: 52: 48: 43: 37: 32: 25: 20: 2029:Stellar gods 1987: 1962: 1951:. 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Index


Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa
Nippur
Ur
Planet
Venus
Kabta
Pinikir
Sumerian
Mesopotamian deity
Venus
astronomical
Old Babylonian period
Kabta
Ur III period
Isin-Larsa
Old Babylonian
theophoric names
Nippur
Uruk
theonym
Mesopotamian astronomy
Dilbat
Neo-Babylonian
Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa
Old Babylonian
Nisan
epithets
Sippar-Amnanum
Uruk

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