Ilussa-amur

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Ilussa-amur was an Assyrian prophetess . Possibly she was employed at the temple of Aššur . Several prophecies that she sent to King Aššur-aḫḫe-iddina are preserved in the Assyrian state archives .

It is controversial whether she wasn't more of a man. Although it carries the feminine determinative , it is named with a masculine pronoun . This phenomenon is also known from Mari , where prophets were assigned to both sexes in texts.

literature

  • Stökl, Female Prophets in the Ancient Near East , in Day (Ed.), Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel , New York 2010, 55.
  • Parpola, Assyrian Prophecies , in SAA IX, Helsinki 1997, 7.
personal data
SURNAME Ilussa-amur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Assyrian prophetess
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 8th century BC BC or 7th century BC Chr.