Tašmetu

Anunnaki deity, goddess of love and wisdom, consort of Nabu.

Core Themes

• Love and divine knowledge.
• Linked to Forbidden Knowledge.

Related Concepts & Sources

Nabu (consort), Babylonian Mythology (context), Ishtar (similar deity)

Assyriological Record

Oracc AMGG Entry

Tašmetu (goddess)

Authority

University of Pennsylvania (Oracc)

Cuneiform Corpora

2 attested

Bibliography

7 citations

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

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

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

References

• Al-Mutawalli, N. 1999. "A new foundation cylinder from the Temple of Nabû Ša H̆arê." Iraq 61 : 191-194.
• Lapinkivi 2005-2011
• Matsushima, E. 1987. "Le rituel hiérogamique de Nabû." Acta Sumerologica 9 : 131-175.
• Millard, A.R. 1999. "Nabû." In K. van der Toorn et al. (eds.), Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible , pp. 607-610. 2nd edition. Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill.
• Nissinen, M. 1998. "Love lyrics of Nabu and Tašmetu: an Assyrian Song of Songs ?" In "Und Moses schrieb dieses Lied auf". Studien zum Alten Testament und zum Alten Orient: Festschrift Oswald Loretz , ed. M. Dietrich and I. Kottsieper. Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 250, pp. 585-634. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.
• Oates, D. 1957. "Ezida: the temple of Nabu." Iraq 19 : 26-39. Available online via JSTOR [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4199614] (subscription required).
• Veenker, R.A. 1999/2000. "Forbidden fruit, ancient Near Eastern sexual metaphors." Hebrew Union College Annual 70/71 : 93-159.