The crescent shape had an impact on other symbols which came to be associated with Nanna/Suen, primarily the moon god's association with the bull (Krebernik 1993-98b: 360). Additionally, Nanna/Su'en is often attested in connection with a boat.

Limestone tablet depicting king Nabu-aplu-iddina being led into the presence of Šamaš, the sun god; 860 BCE-850 BCE. Šamaš sits in the E-babbar shrine and holds the rod and ring symbols of powerful kingship (BM 91000). © The British Museum. View large image on …

Boundary stone (kudurru) of the Kassite ruler Melishipak (r. 1186-1172 BCE) at the Louvre Museum, showing in the top right corner an inverted Ω thought to be a symbol of the mother goddess.

Iconography There are no certain anthropomorphic representations of An/Anu. His symbol is a horned crown, sometimes shown resting on a throne (see below). His animal is the bull. Name and Spellings Sumerian an means "heaven, sky", and An can therefore be seen as the personified heavens.

In the Sumerian literary composition Nanna-Suen's journey to Nibru (ETCSL 1.5.1), Šerida is associated with her cult city of Larsa. She is one of several goddesses who tempt Nanna-Suen (Sin) during his boat journey to Enlil's temple in Nibru.

Divine Genealogy and Syncretisms The family tree of Inana/Ištar differs according to different traditions. She is variously the daughter of Anu or the daughter of Nanna / Sin and his wife Ningal; and sister of Utu /Šamaš (Abusch 2000: 23); or else …

The main symbol of Nabu is a single wedge, vertical or horizontal, sometimes resting on a clay tablet or a dais. This wedge represents the writing stylus and probably by its shape is also meant to suggest cuneiform writing.

VI; TCL 6, 10) and her statue participated in the New Year festival (TCL 6, 39, obv. 20). Iconography Šala has been identified, although not conclusively, with a nude goddess who appears with the storm god on Akkadian cylinder seals, often holding lightning bolts or surrounded by rain. On a Middle Babylonian kudurru TT her symbol is an ear of ...

Dec 18, 2019 · In ancient Mesopotamian studies, it is more frequently used to describe either the identification of one god with another or their merger. For example, when the Sumerian moon god Nanna is merged with the Akkadian moon god Sin, we speak of a syncretism, through which Nanna and Sin became virtually the same deity, i.e. the moon god.

Apr 2, 2002 · This practice continues through the third millennium, e.g., Simat-Ištaran, "Symbol of Ištaran", the sister of the Ur III king Šu-Suen (2037-2029 BCE) (Zettler 2003: 16).