Gatumdag
Sign in to saveGatumdug (; dĜa2-tum3-dug3; also romanized as Gatumdu) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the tutelary deity of Lagash and closely associated with its kings. She was initially worshiped only in this city and in NINA, but during the reign of Gudea a temple was built for her in Girsu. She appears in a number of literary compositions, including the hymn inscribed on the Gudea cylinders and Lament for Sumer and Ur.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Mesopotamian
- Deity.name
- Gatumdug
- Deity.deity_of
- Tutelary goddess of Lagash
- Deity.cult_center
- Lagash, NINA, Girsu
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mother goddess
- Gender
- female
- Child
- Bau
- Father
- Anu
- Residence
- Lagash
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- time period
- ancient Near East
- culture
- Sumerians
- worshipped by
- Sumerian religion
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Encyclopedic overview
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Gatumdug (; dĜa2-tum3-dug3; also romanized as Gatumdu) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the tutelary deity of Lagash and closely associated with its kings. She was initially worshiped only in this city and in NINA, but during the reign of Gudea a temple was built for her in Girsu. She appears in a number of literary compositions, including the hymn inscribed on the Gudea cylinders and Lament for Sumer and Ur.
==Name and character== The meaning of Gatumdug's name is unknown, though it is presumed that it can be classified as linguistically Sumerian. Its emesal form was ma-ze2-ze2-be. She was the tutelary goddess of Lagash, and could be metaphorically described as its mother in Early Dynastic sources. In the hymn inscribed on the Gudea cylinders she is addressed as its divine founder as well.
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