Erra

Anunnaki deity, god of war and plague, central to the Poem of Erra.

Core Themes

• War and destruction.
• Linked to Assyrian Mythology.

Related Concepts & Sources

Ishum (herald), Poem of Erra (narrative), Divine Justice (theme)

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

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

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

References

• Lambert, W.G. 1973. "Studies in Nergal." Bibliotheca Orientalis 30 : 355-363.
• Lambert, W.G. 1990a. "The name of Nergal again." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 80 : 40-52.
• Lambert, W G. 1990b. "Surrejoinder to P. Steinkeller." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 80 : 220-222.
• Roberts, J.J.M. 1971. "Erra—scorched earth". Journal of Cuneiform Studies 24 : 11-16.
• Steinkeller, P. 1987. "The name of Nergal." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaeologie 77 : 161-168.
• Steinkeller, P. 1990. "More on the name of Nergal and related matters." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 80 : 53-59.
• Tallqvist, K. L. 1938. Akkadische Götterepitheta: mit einem Götterverzeichnis und einer Liste der prädikativen Elemente der sumerischen Götternamen . Helsinki: Societas Orientalis Fennica.