Shala

Anunnaki deity, goddess of rain and fertility, consort of Adad.

Core Themes

• Rain and agricultural fertility.
• Linked to Akkadian Mythology.

Related Concepts & Sources

Adad (consort), Ishkur (similar deity), Mesopotamian Mythology (context)

Assyriological Record

Oracc AMGG Entry

Šala (goddess)

Authority

University of Pennsylvania (Oracc)

Cuneiform Corpora

2 attested

Bibliography

3 citations

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

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Otto, A. 2006-08. "Šala. B. Archäologisch". Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie 11 , pp. 568-9. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Schwemer, D. 2001b. "Šāla, die Parhedra des Adad in Babylonien." In Die Wettergottgestalten Mesopotamiens und Nordsyriens im Zeitalter der Keilschriftkulturen , pp. 397-412. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
• Schwemer, D. 2006-08. "Šāla. A. Philologisch." Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie 11 , pp. 565-567. Berlin: de Gruyter.