Tiamat

Anunnaki deity, primordial goddess of chaos and the sea, defeated in Enuma Elish.

Core Themes

• Chaos and cosmic creation.
• Linked to Cosmology.

Related Concepts & Sources

Marduk (opponent), Enuma Elish (narrative), Kingu (consort)

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

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• Tiamat on the Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Tiamat on the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, text 'Sennacherib 160'
• Tiamat on the State Archives of Assyria Online, texts '03 002', '03 037' and '03 039'
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Alster, B. 1999. In Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible , ed. K. van der Toorn, P. Becking, and P.W. van der Horst. Leiden: Brill, pp. 867-869.
• Katz, D. 2011. "Reconstructing Babylon: recycling traditions toward a new theology." In E. Cancik-Kirschbaum, J. Marzahn, and M. van Ess (eds.), Babylon. Wissenskultur in Orient und Okzident , Topoi. Berlin Studies in the Ancient World, 1, pp. 123-34. Berlin: de Gruyter
• Lambert, W.G. 2013. Babylonian Creation Myths . Mesopotamian Civilizations, 16. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.
• Vanstiphout, H.L.J. 1992. "Enuma Elish as a Systematic Creed: An Essay." Orientalia Lovaniensia Periodica 23: 37-61.