Kapta
Kapta ( d kab.ta, d ka-ab-ta, d TA-gu-nú, d TA x MI) is an old Babylonian god. He is probably the husband of Ninsianna , the Ištar of the star ( d U.DAR mul) and an astral god himself . His nickname is d mah.di. [an] .na, the exalted one in heaven. An equation with d LAL, the vizier of Sin , was considered but rejected. Edzard and Haussig wanted to equate him with the brick god Kulla , but this is rejected by Lambert.
The worship of Kapta is evidenced by cylinder seals and personal names such as Núr-Kapta (University of Pennsylvania, Publications of the Babylonian Section 7, Babylonian Letters of the Hammurapi Period, S7).
literature
- WG Lambert: Kapta. In: Dietz Otto Edzard (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 5, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1976–1980, ISBN 3-11-007192-4 , p. 284.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Wilhelm Haussig , Dietz-Otto Edzard (Ed.): Gods and Myths in the Middle Orient (= Dictionary of Mythology. Department 1: The ancient civilized peoples. Volume 1). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1965, p. 59.
- ^ WG Lambert: Ancient near Eastern Seals in Birmingham Collections. In: Iraq , Volume 28/1, 1966, p. 74.
- ^ WG Lambert: Ancient near Eastern Seals in Birmingham Collections. In: Iraq , Volume 28/1, 1966, p. 73.
- ↑ digitized version