An

Anunnaki deity, sky god and head of the pantheon, symbolizing cosmic authority.

Core Themes

• Divine rulership and heaven.
• Linked to Heavenly Deities.

Related Concepts & Sources

Heaven (domain), Enuma Elish (narrative), Divine Hierarchy (structure)

Scholarly entry: An/Anu (god), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (Oracc, University of Pennsylvania).

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions
• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Beaulieu, P.-A. 2003. The Pantheon of Uruk in the Neo-Babylonian Period . Leiden: Brill-Styx.
• Ebeling, E. 1932. "An-Anum." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 1 , pp. 115-117. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Foster, B.R. 2005. Before the Muses: an Anthology of Akkadian Literature . 3rd edition. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press.
• Frayne, D. R. 2008. Presargonic Period (2700-2350 BC) . The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, 1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• George, A.R. 1993. House Most High. The Temples of Ancient Mesopotamia . Mesopotamian Civilizations, 5. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.
• Grayson, A.K. 1987. Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennium BC (to 1115 BC) . The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Assyrian Periods, 1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Horowitz, W. 2001. Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography . Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.