Ninedena

Mesopotamian cities

Ninedena ( Sumerian ^d Nin -eden, ^d Nin-eden-na, ^d NIN-EDEN, ^d GAŠAN-EDEN; Akkadian Bēlet-sēri ; Babylonian Bēlet-ekallim ) is a Sumerian goddess in the lists of the gods of Šuruppak as "mistress of the steppe" occupied. During this time Ninedena acted as a " scribe of the underworld" and "land registry manager".

In the old Babylonian period (2000–1600 BC) no merging with Geštinanna as the goddess of the heavenly vines can be determined. Only later is she considered the sister of Dumuzi . Nin-edena also carried the functional title Ninegal as mistress of the great house / palace mistress .

literature

• Manfred Krebernik , Antoine Cavigneaux : Nin-edena In: Dietz-Otto Edzard u. a .: Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology , Vol. 9 . de Gruyter, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-11-017296-8 , p. 342.