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373:, though it is possible she already belonged to the pantheon of this city in the Ur III period. Her temple in this city was Esapar (Sumerian: "house of the net"), possibly a part of E-ibbi-Anum, the temple of the local god Urash, rather than a fully separate building. However, in a document listing various temples Esapar is instead said to be the name of a temple of 531:
According to Alfonso Archi, in Hurrian sources Ninegal was referred to as Pentikalli. The name is also sometimes transcribed as Pendigalli. Archi assumes that the Hurrians received her from Syria, and that her importance in Mari played a role in her spread. Marie-Claude Trémouille describes her as a
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and governors, and whose role was to guarantee their sovereignty. She only started to function as an epithet in literary works in the second and first millennia BCE. It has been pointed out that various cultic objects associated with Ninegal according to administrative texts, such as jewelry, are not
579:. A dossier of texts dealing with the sale of sheep from the same city mentions a "scribe in the service of Ninegal." In Susa Ninegal also occurs in an inscription of Atta-hushu, written in Akkadian, though it has been proposed in this case the name might be a logogram representing 205:, and they could be also associated with each other in other contexts. However, it is now generally assumed that they were distinct deities in origin. Additionally, Ninegal could be associated with the goddess of prisons, 335:. In this city she was apparently closely associated with offerings for deceased ensis. Further evidence for worship of this goddess in the Ur III period is a detailed list of cultic paraphernalia dedicated to her from 1613: 544:. She was assimilated with Pithanu, described as a goddess who sits on Teshub's throne. The later name likely meant "daughter from Hanu," and should be understood as a sign of her association with the middle 1775:
Die Göttin Ninegal/Belet-ekallim nach den altorientalischen Quellen des 3. und 2. Jt. v.Chr. : mit einer Zusammenfassung der hethitischen Belegstellen sowie der des 1. Jt. v. Chr
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enumerated Dagan, Shamash, Itūr-Mēr, Belet Ekalli and Addu as "the allies for me" and the deities who "go by my lord's side." In offering lists she appears between Ninhursag and
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the eponymous goddess is apparently referred to as Ninegal. This association is also attested in a fragment of another, presently unidentified, hymn, and in two proverbs.
280:, in which she appears between two deities the reading of whose names is uncertain. Other early references include a dedicatory inscription of a servant of Nammaḫ-abzu, an 311:, and it is assumed Ninegal was worshiped in all of the major cities of southern Mesopotamia at the time. There is evidence that the first kings of the Ur III dynasty, 346:. She had a temple in this city, Ekinam (Sumerian: "house, place of destinies"), first mentioned in an inscription of Zariqqu, a governor during the reign of 736:
While the use of the name as an epithet was common in literary texts, the Shulgi hymns seem to be an exception, as they treat Ninegal as a distinct goddess.
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ceremony, today it is considered more plausible that she originally developed as a distinct minor goddess, who served as the tutelary deity of palaces of
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and other goddesses, sometimes impossible to identify. Examples of texts where the identification of Ninegal with Inanna explicit include the so-called
690:, unless an otherwise unknown tradition identified Amurru with Urash, he has nothing in common with Ninegal, making this specific inscription unusual. 453:, and indicate she might have been introduced to this city as early as in the Ur III period. It is possible that she was the tutelary deity of the 300:, where she had a temple. Evidence for popular devotion to her from that city includes two minor officials who referred to themselves as "servant ( 1796: 662:, who was regarded as a son of Urash. In a ritual text, also from the neo-Babylonian period, Ninegal and Urash appear in a formula alongside 230:
identical with these dedicated to Inanna. The oldest source identifying Ninegal with Inanna might be a building inscription from the
396:. She is however only sporadically mentioned in letters, compared to deities popular in the sphere of personal worship, such as Aya, 1367: 323:. A temple dedicated to her, Egalmah (Sumerian: "exalted palace"), possibly built by Ur-Namma, existed in Ur. It is possible that 461:'s during some festivals she received the same number of sacrifices as the eight other most honored gods: the local tutelary god 1708: 1626: 1539: 1436: 1380: 1348: 646:
It is presently uncertain which deities were worshiped with Ninegal in her earliest history. In a tradition originating in
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and Gula) or individual deities (Ishtar or Marduk) to secure success and material wealth for the seal owner. According to
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assumed that Hittite references to NIN.E.GAL can be understood as indication of presence of the Mesopotamian goddess in
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Goddesses in Context: On Divine Powers, Roles, Relationships and Gender in Mesopotamian Textual and Visual Sources
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In the second millennium BCE the worship of Ninegal/Belet Ekallim spread from Mesopotamia to other areas in the
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From the foundations to the crenellations: essays on temple building in the Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible
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Belat Ekalli/Ninegal could be implored to act as an intermediary between a praying worshiper and her husband
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festival. She is also attested in a god list, in which Belet Ekalli in the Akkadian column corresponds to
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While in the past it has been proposed that Ninegal was a form of Inanna in origin, or, as argued by
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Letters to the King of Mari: A New Translation, with Historical Introduction, Notes, and Commentary
1483:"Count Your Sheep! Doings and Dealings of Kûyâ, Trader in Small Stock during the Early Sukkalmaḫat" 392:(Sumerian: "house which gathers all the instructions") was rebuilt by queen Simar-Eshtar, wife of 342:
Her Akkadian name, Belet Ekalli, is attested for the first time in the Ur III period texts from
351: 238:. In god lists Ninegal usually appears near groupings of Inanna manifestations, though in the 655: 454: 381: 607: 144: 182:, and due to her presence in the pantheon of ancient Syria she was also incorporated into 8: 408: 359: 308: 1683: 1675: 1576: 1510: 1317: 1278: 719: 687: 508:, where the played the role of the city goddess. Some attestations are also known from 1731: 1714: 1704: 1687: 1667: 1632: 1622: 1568: 1535: 1502: 1469: 1459: 1442: 1432: 1376: 1354: 1344: 1309: 1270: 557: 435: 231: 218: 152: 148: 1801: 1792: 611: 1657: 1615:
A reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian god lists, AN:A-nu-um and AN:Anu šá Ameli
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A triad consisting of NIN.E.GAL, Nergal and Ea is attested in economic texts from
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Wolfgang Heimpel proposes that in Mari, Ninegal was closely associated with
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In addition to Mari, in Syria Belet Ekalli was also closely associated with
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area. Depictions of Pentikalli are mentioned in texts from Hattarina and
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Especially in literary works, Ninegal could function as an epithet of
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Earliest attestations of Ninegal from outside Mesopotamia come from
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The oldest known attestation of Ninegal comes from a god list from
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in a list of "primeval gods" meant to serve as divine witnesses.
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A late reference to Belet-Ekalli can be found in a letter from
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in the Old Babylonian period. There is evidence that during
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Both the forms Ninegal and Belet Ekallim are attested in
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It is unclear when Ninegal started to be worshiped in
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later rebuilt it as a temple of the medicine goddess
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in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
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House most high: the temples of ancient Mesopotamia
1407: 1366:Asher-Greve, Julia M.; Westenholz, Joan G. (2013). 1074: 1050: 960: 896: 1269:(2). GBPress - Gregorian Biblical Press: 114–129. 1089: 641: 1426: 1179: 1167: 1809: 1408:Cavigneaux, Antoine; Krebernik, Manfred (1998), 654:was regarded as her husband. In a god list from 221:, that the name designated Inanna in a proposed 1650:Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale 1487:Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale 674:seals, which invoke either couples of deities ( 174:in the west. She was particularly venerated in 1337:"The West Hurrian Pantheon and Its Background" 1797:Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature 1656:. Presses Universitaires de France: 129–136. 1339:. In Collins, B. J.; Michalowski, P. (eds.). 415:that a statue of Belet Ekallim meant for the 246:are placed together in a different section. 1389: 989: 945: 914: 890: 854: 827: 781: 752: 407:, in which a certain Mār-isar relays to the 288:, and a month name in the local calendar of 564:, and possibly appears in a personal name, 358:. A month named after her is mentioned in 1744: 1493:. Presses Universitaires de France: 5–18. 1032: 1661: 1621:. New Haven: Yale Babylonian Collection. 726:, in which the names occur in parallel. 380:Ninegal continued to be worshiped in the 307:Multiple attestations are known from the 713: 1728:Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia 1725: 1593: 1554: 1534:. Pennsylvania State University Press. 1527: 1341:Beyond Hatti: a tribute to Gary Beckman 1239: 1215: 1203: 1155: 1131: 331:. Another temple of Ninegal existed in 1810: 1771: 1643: 1453: 1390:Behrens, Herman; Klein, Jacob (1998), 1013: 1001: 902: 718:The name Ninegal could function as an 429: 1694: 1611: 1480: 1334: 1295: 1256: 1227: 1143: 1119: 1107: 1095: 1083: 1068: 1056: 1044: 419:temple complex was not yet finished. 234:which refers to her as a daughter of 670:(MAR.TU). It is one of five similar 552:. She is also known from texts from 1793:Hymn to Inana as Ninegala (Inana D) 1557:"Objects Inscribed and Uninscribed" 388:, where a temple dedicated to her, 13: 1765: 622:Ninegal appears after the couples 147:associated with palaces. Both her 14: 1854: 1745:Trémouille, Marie-Claude (2005), 1192:Asher-Greve & Westenholz 2013 973:Asher-Greve & Westenholz 2013 879:Asher-Greve & Westenholz 2013 867:Asher-Greve & Westenholz 2013 797:Asher-Greve & Westenholz 2013 253:, similar to other divine wives ( 162:the worship of Ninegal spread to 155:name mean "lady of the palace." 1427:Drewnowska-Rymarz, Olga (2008). 1259:"The Names of the Primeval Gods" 1249: 961:Cavigneaux & Krebernik 1998 642:Associations with other deities 493:. In a letter Zimri-Lim's wife 1: 739: 650:, the local agricultural god 1751:Reallexikon der Assyriologie 1600:Reallexikon der Assyriologie 1594:Lambert, Wilfred G. (1983), 1555:Lambert, Wilfred G. (1970). 1458:. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. 1414:Reallexikon der Assyriologie 1396:Reallexikon der Assyriologie 556:, where her name is spelled 212: 7: 1429:Mesopotamian goddess Nanāja 1375:. Academic Press Fribourg. 1343:. Atlanta: Lockwood Press. 587:and goddesses worshiped at 532:goddess from the circle of 296:, Ninegal was worshiped in 10: 1859: 1703:. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag. 1612:Litke, Richard L. (1998). 1561:Archiv für Orientforschung 1528:Heimpel, Wolfgang (2003). 1481:Graef, Katrien De (2009). 1454:George, Andrew R. (1993). 693:According to the god list 384:, especially in Ur and in 268: 18: 1772:Clercq, Geeta de (2006). 1697:"Elamite Temple Building" 1695:Potts, Daniel T. (2010). 350:, who rebuilt it. In the 118: 113: 98: 75: 70: 48: 40: 33: 28: 990:Behrens & Klein 1998 946:Behrens & Klein 1998 915:Behrens & Klein 1998 891:Behrens & Klein 1998 855:Behrens & Klein 1998 828:Behrens & Klein 1998 782:Behrens & Klein 1998 753:Behrens & Klein 1998 190:transcribed her name as 44:Belet Ekalli, Pentikalli 19:Not to be confused with 1726:Taracha, Piotr (2009). 1644:Nakata, Ichiro (2011). 1335:Archi, Alfonso (2013). 1296:Archi, Alfonso (2004). 1257:Archi, Alfonso (1990). 265:in the case of Inanna. 1823:West Semitic goddesses 1818:Mesopotamian goddesses 1180:Drewnowska-Rymarz 2008 1168:Drewnowska-Rymarz 2008 352:Middle Assyrian period 292:. During the reign of 1663:10.3917/assy.105.0129 1499:10.3917/assy.103.0005 714:Ninegal as an epithet 658:they are followed by 656:neo-Babylonian period 390:E-a-ag-ga-kilib-ur-ur 382:Old Babylonian period 354:, it was repaired by 1781:(Thesis) (in German) 608:Weather god of Nerik 145:Mesopotamian goddess 91:(in Hurrian sources) 16:Mesopotamian goddess 1431:. Warszawa: Agade. 917:, pp. 346–347. 893:, pp. 343–344. 536:from Halab (modern 430:Outside Mesopotamia 166:in the east and to 688:Wilfred G. Lambert 119:Hittite equivalent 35:Goddess of palaces 1710:978-3-86835-031-9 1628:978-0-9667495-0-2 1541:978-1-57506-080-4 1438:978-83-87111-41-0 1382:978-3-7278-1738-0 1350:978-1-937040-11-6 1206:, pp. 46–47. 1170:, pp. 76–77. 1071:, pp. 12–13. 720:epithet of Inanna 436:ancient Near East 242:god list she and 232:Isin-Larsa period 219:Thorkild Jacobsen 126: 125: 49:Major cult center 1850: 1838:Ugaritic deities 1802:A hymn to Nungal 1789: 1787: 1786: 1780: 1760: 1759: 1758: 1741: 1730:. 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Index

Ningal
Ur
Dilbat
Mari
Qatna
Urash
Teshub
Nanaya
Lagamal
Mesopotamian goddess
Sumerian
Akkadian
Mesopotamia
Elam
Syria
Hittite Empire
Mari
Qatna
Hurrian religion
Hurrians
Inanna
Nungal
Thorkild Jacobsen
hieros gamos
kings
Isin-Larsa period
Sin
Nippur
Ninsianna
Urash

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