Ereshkigal

Anunnaki deity, queen of the underworld, ruling over death and the afterlife.

Core Themes

• Underworld rulership and judgment.
• Linked to Ishtar's Descent.

Related Concepts & Sources

Nergal (consort), Underworld (domain), Judges of the Underworld (role)

Scholarly entry: Ereškigal (goddess), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (Oracc, University of Pennsylvania).

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

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

References

• Albenda, P. 1970. "The Burney Relief reconsidered." Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University 2 : 86-93.
• Albenda, P. 2005. "The 'Queen of the Night' plaque: a revisit." Journal of the American Oriental Society 125 : 171-190.
• Ataç, M.-A. 2004 "'The Underworld Vision' of the Ninevite intellectual milieu." Iraq 66 : 67-76.
• Barrelet, M.-T. 1952. "A propos d'une plaque trouvée à Mari." Syria 29 : 85-93.
• Collon, D. 2005. The Queen of the Night . London: British Museum Press.
• Frankfort, H. 1938. "The Burney-Relief." Archiv für Orientforschung 12 : 128-135.
• Gurney, O. 1960. "The Sultantepe Tablets (continued): VIII. The Myth of Nergal and Ereshkigal." Anatolian Studies 10 : 105-131.
• Kramer, S.N. 1967. "The death of Ur-Nammu and his descent to the Netherworld." Journal of Cuneiform Studies 21 : 104-22.
• Wiggermann, F.A.M. 1998-2001d. "Nergal. A. Philologisch." Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9 , pp. 215-223. Berlin: de Gruyter.