Ninazu

Anunnaki deity of healing and the underworld, son of Enlil.

Core Themes

• Healing and underworld governance.
• Linked to Chthonic Deities.

Related Concepts & Sources

Enlil (father), Underworld (domain), Judges of the Underworld (role)

Scholarly entry: Ninazu (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
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Selz, G. 1995. Untersuchungen zur Götterwelt des altsumerischen Stadtstaates von Lagaš . Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund, 13. Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Museum.
• Wiggermann, F.A.M. 1989. "Tišpak, his seal and the dragon mušhuššu ." In O.M.C. Haex, H.H. Curvers and P.M.M.G. Akkermans (eds.), To the Euphrates and Beyond: Archaeological Studies in Honour of Maurits N. van Loon , pp 117-133. Rotterdam: Balkema.
• Wiggermann, F.A..M. 1997. "Transtigridian snake gods." In I.L. Finkel and M J. Geller (eds.), Sumerian Gods and Their Representations , pp. 33-55. Cuneiform Monographs, 7. Leiden: Brill.
• Wiggermann, F.A.M. 1998-2001. "Ninazu." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9 , pp. 329-335. Berlin: de Gruyter.