People, gods & places

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Abyss (place)

The underground dwelling of the great god Ea PGP , and source of all springs and riverwater; called apsu in Assyrian.

Adad (deity)

Weather god, of storms and beneficial rains.

Adad-ahu-iddina (person)

"Adad PGP  has given a brother": Temple official from Nineveh PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Adad-ereš (person)

"Adad PGP  has desired": Provider of horses for Esarhaddon.

Adad-šumu-uṣur (person)

"O Adad PGP , protect the name!": Esarhaddon's chief exorcist TT , still active during Assurbanipal's reign, and author of more than fifty letters to these two kings, but also three astrological reports - a testament to his great learnedness and wide-ranging scholarly interests; a descendent of one of the most prominent scribal families of Assyria, he was the brother of Esarhaddon's master scholar TT  Nabu-zeru-lešir PGP  and the father of the exorcist TT  Urad-Gula PGP , likewise a member of the royal entourage.

Adapa (person)

"Born of the sea"; a Sumerian PGP  name. Mythical sage TT , also known as Oannes; thought to have been an immortal creature - half man, half fish - who, in the time before the Flood TT , came out of the ocean to be mankind's first teacher in all things that encompassed Mesopotamian civilisation. See Alulim PGP .

Adda-natan (person)

"Adda has given", an Aramaic name: Village manager from Raṣappa PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Addi (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the divine name Adda. Village manager from Tille PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Adia (place)

see Adian PGP .

Adian (place)

A town in central Assyria, possibly now Eski Kalak. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/adian_eski_kalak.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/adian_eski_kalak.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Adin (place)

A town; another name for Adian? PGP 

Ahabu (person)

"His father's brother", an Aramaic name: Village manager from Raṣappa PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Aha-iddin (person)

"He has given a brother", a Babylonian name: Master of temple votaries TT  at Marduk PGP 's temple in Babylon PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Aha-šubši (person)

"Call a brother into being!": Babylonian physician TT  active during the reign of Esarhaddon; recommended for the king's service.

Ahat-abiša (person)

"Her father's sister": Prophetess TT  of Arbela PGP , foretelling Esarhaddon's rise to the throne.

Ahhešaya (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the element "His brothers": [1] Chief administrator (" prelate TT ") of the temple of the god Nabu PGP  of Borsippa PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon. [2] Astrologer TT  originally from Uruk PGP ; active during the reign of Esarhaddon. [3] A eunuch TT  accused of stealing from an astrologer TT .

Ahlamu (people)

A general term for Aramean PGP  people.

Ahšeri (person)

Meaning unknown. King of Mannea PGP  during the reigns of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal; an enemy of Assyria and ally of the Cimmerians PGP .

Ahu-duri (person)

"The brother is my fortress": A messenger active at the royal palace of Nineveh PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Ahu-ila'i (person)

"The brother is my god": Governor of the province of Carchemish under Assurbanipal; eponym TT  of the year 649 BC.

Ahu-li (person)

Better: Ahu-le'i "The brother is almighty". A man from Babylonia whose son is mentioned in a letter to Esarhaddon.

Ahunu (person)

"Little brother": Messenger at the royal court of Nineveh PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Ahu-riba (person)

"Replace the brother!": Son of a boatman and priest's assistant.

Ahušina (person)

"Their (fem.) brother": Chariot driver and priest's assistant.

Akkad (place)

A city in northern Babylonia PGP , exact location unknown; possibly now Tell Muhammad. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/akkad_tell_muhammad.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/akkad_tell_muhammad.kmz&t=k&z=19]

Akkullanu (person)

Meaning unknown. Chief administrator ("prelate TT ") of the most important Assyrian shrine, the temple of the supreme god Aššur PGP  in the city of Assur PGP  under Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal, but also one of the most important astrologers TT  of his time; author of numerous astrological reports and letters to the two kings.

Aldebaran (heavenly body)

A star in the constellation TT  Taurus PGP ; known in Assyria as "Bull's Jaw". View Taurus using Google Sky [~/downloads/taurus.kmz] | View Aldebaran using Google Sky [~/downloads/aldebaran.kmz] | View Aldebaran in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=16d30m37&lon=4h35m55.2s&z=1]

Allatu (deity)

Another name for Ereškigal PGP , the queen of the Underworld TT .

Alluhappu (deity)

A god of the Underworld TT .

Alulim (person)

"Staghorn"; a Sumerian PGP  name. The first king ever who was thought to have ruled for 28,800 years in the period before the flood, advised by the sage TT  Adapa PGP .

Amanus (place)

Mountain range to the east of Iskanderun in modern Turkey, running parallel to the northern Mediterranean coast.

Ammanappu (person)

"Amun in the Luxor temple", an Egyptian name: Enemy of Assurbanipal.

Ammanipite (person)

Probably an Egyptian name: Enemy of Assurbanipal.

Ammu-salam (person)

"The paternal uncle is peace"; a West-Semitic name. Royal messenger active in Babylonia during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Ampihabi (place)

A town in the Assyrian province of Arzuhina PGP , exact location uncertain. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/ampihabi.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/ampihabi.kmz&t=k&z=15]

Amul (place)

A city in the Zagros PGP  mountains; possibly modern Amol in Iran. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/amul.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/amul.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Amurru (deity)

A West Semitic god equated with the weather god Adad PGP .

Ana-Nabu-atkal (person)

"In Nabu PGP  I have trusted": Exorcist TT  in the royal entourage, probably of Esarhaddon.

Andarpattianu (place)

A city in the Zagros PGP  mountains, location unknown.

Anisu (place)

A city, east of Arbela PGP  and south of Lake Urmia; possibly now Qalaat Diza in modern Iraq. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/anisu_qalaat_diza.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/anisu_qalaat_diza.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Annunnaki (deity)

A collective name for the gods of the Underworld TT .

Antares (heavenly body)

A star at the centre of the constellation TT  Scorpius PGP ; known in Assyria as Lisi. View Antares using Google Sky [~/downloads/antares.kmz] | View Antares in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=-26d25m55&lon=16h29m24.4s&z=1]

Antasurra (heavenly body)

"(A precious metal)", a star in the Sagittarius PGP  constellation TT . View Sagittarius using Google Sky [~/downloads/sagittarius.kmz] | View Sagittarius in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=-29d53m&lon=19h23m&z=1]

Antu (deity)

The consort of Anu PGP , god of heavens.

Anu (deity)

The sky god, worshipped especially in Uruk PGP .

Anunitu (heavenly body)

A war goddess and constellation TT  near the path of the moon, now treated as the north-eastern part of Pisces PGP . View Pisces using Google Sky [~/downloads/pisces.kmz] | View Pisces in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=15d29m&lon=0h53m&z=1]

Anzan (place)

The mountainous part of Elam PGP  and the capital of that region (modern Tepe Malyan). View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/anzan_tepe_malyan.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/anzan_tepe_malyan.kmz&t=k&z=19]

Anzu (deity)

[1] A a mythical monster, half lion and half eagle; [2] a star, identity unknown.

Apak (place)

City in central Babylonia near Babylon PGP .

Aplaya (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the element "heir". [1] Astrologer TT  from Borsippa PGP  who sends thirteen astrological reports to the kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal; after his death, his tablet collection was integrated into Assurbanipal's library. [2] Haruspex TT  working in Babylonia in a team with Naṣiru PGP  during Esarhaddon's reign. [3] Babylonian correspondent of the king's mother Naqi'a PGP . [4] Priest of Adad PGP  of Kurbail PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon. [5] Temple steward of Ištar PGP  of Arbela PGP .

Aqre'a (person)

Better: Aqar-Aya "Aya [= Ea PGP ] is precious". [1] Haruspex TT  of the royal entourage at Nineveh PGP  under Esarhaddon; member of a group of haruspices headed by Marduk-šumu-uṣur PGP  and Naṣiru PGP . [2] Exorcist TT , recommended for royal service despite being a refugee with brandmarks on face and wrists.

Aquarius (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  near the path of the moon, between Capricorn PGP  and Pisces PGP ; known in Assyrian as "Great One"; see also Gula PGP . View Aquarius using Google Sky [~/downloads/aquarius.kmz] | View Aquarius in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=-10d28m&lon=22h42m&z=1]

Aquila (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  near Sagittarius PGP  and Scorpius PGP ; known in Assyrian as "Eagle". View Aquila using Google Sky [~/downloads/aquila.kmz] | View Aquila in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=3d22m&lon=19h41m&z=1]

Arabia (place)

In Assyrian times, the desert to the south and west of Mesopotamia.

Aram (place)

The area around modern Damascus PGP  in Syria. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/damascus.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/damascus.kmz&t=k&z=17]

Aramean (people)

The people and Semitic language from the area of Aram PGP .

Araši (place)

A region in the Zagros PGP  mountains, around modern Ilam in Iran. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/ilam.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/ilam.kmz&t=k&z=15]

Arbayu (person)

"The Arab": Assyrian cohort commander TT  active in the war in Babylonia, 652-648 BC.

Arbela (place)

A major Assyrian city and provincial capital; modern Erbil. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/arbela.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/arbela.kmz&t=k&z=18]

Arbilayu (person)

"The one from Arbela PGP ": Shepherd from Luddin-ilu PGP , responsible for procuring sacrificial animals for Aššur PGP 's temple in Assur PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Arda-Mullissi (person)

Urdu-Mullissi "Servant of the goddess Mullissu PGP ": Assyrian prince, son and murderer of Sennacherib PGP ; defeated in the ensuing succession war by his younger brother Esarhaddon, he found asylum in Urarṭu PGP , Assyria's arch-enemy to the north. See Royal family and Esarhaddon.

Aries (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  near the path of the moon, between Anunitu PGP  and the Pleiades PGP ; known in Assyria as "Hired Man". View Aries using Google Sky [~/downloads/aries.kmz] | View Aries in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=22d34m&lon=2h41m&z=1]

Arkayitu (deity)

A name of Ištar PGP  of Uruk PGP .

Arpadda (place)

An Assyrian provincial capital north of Aleppo in Syria; probably now Tell Rifat. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/arpadda_tell_rifat.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/arpadda_tell_rifat.kmz&t=k&z=16]

Arrapha (place)

An Assyrian provincial capital just east of Assur PGP ; modern Kirkuk. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/arrapha_kirkuk.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/arrapha_kirkuk.kmz&t=k&z=17]

Arri (place)

A territory in the Zagros PGP  mountains; classical Choara?

Arwad (place)

An island city in Phoenicia; classical Aradus, off modern Tartus in Syria. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/arwad.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/arwad.kmz&t=k&z=16]

Arzuhina (place)

An Assyrian provincial capital, south of the Lower Zab PGP  river, between Arrapha PGP  and Arbela PGP ; perhaps Gök Tepe. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/arzuhina.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/arzuhina.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Asakku (deity)

A demon TT .

Asalluhi (deity)

A name for Marduk PGP  as god of healing.

Asalluhi-ahu-uṣur (person)

"O Asalluhi PGP , protect the brother!": Priest of Bel PGP .

Ašaridu (person)

"The foremost one": Two astrologers TT  in the service of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal bear this name and are therefore distinguished as [1] "The elder" (the son of Damqa PGP ) and [2] "The younger"; they are not related. [3] Governor of Cutha PGP  in Babylonia during the reign of Esarhaddon and Šamaš-šumu-ukin PGP .

Ashkelon (place)

A Philistine city on the eastern Mediterranean coast, now in Israel, which paid tribute to the Neo-Assyrian empire; Assyrian Isqaluna. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/ashkelon.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/ashkelon.kmz&t=k&z=16]

Ašnan (deity)

A grain deity.

Aššur (deity)

The national god of Assyria PGP .

Assur (place)

An Assyrian city on the Tigris PGP , the original capital and ancestral home of the royal family and many Assyrian nobles, now Qalaat Sherqat. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/assur_qalaat_sherqat.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/assur_qalaat_sherqat.kmz&t=k&z=17]

Aššur-abu-uṣur (person)

"O Aššur PGP , protect the father!": Associate of Aššur PGP 's temple in Assur PGP  during Assurbanipal's reign.

Assurbanipal (person)

Aššur-bani-apli "Aššur PGP  is the creator of the heir": King of Assyria (r. 668-c.630 BC). See Assurbanipal. View family tree [~/images/essentials/royalfamily/assyrian-royal-family.gif]

Aššur-belu-ka''in (person)

"O Aššur PGP , establish the lord!": Commander-in-chief TT  of Assyria under Shalmaneser III (858-824).

Aššur-belu-taqqin (person)

"O Aššur PGP , safeguard the lord!" Prefect delivering horses for Esarhaddon's army to Kalhu PGP .

Aššur-da''in-šarru (person)

"O Aššur PGP , strengthen the king!": Haruspex TT  in the service of Assurbanipal, often working as a team with Dannaya PGP .

Aššur-duru-uṣur (person)

"O Aššur PGP , protect the fortress!": Governor of the province of Barhalzi PGP  under Assurbanipal; eponym TT  of the year 652 BC.

Aššur-etel-šame-erṣeti-muballissu (person)

"Aššur PGP , the prince of heaven and earth, is the one who keeps him alive": Assyrian prince; one of the youngest sons of Esarhaddon and the youngest brother of Assurbanipal, he was installed in a priestly office at the temple of the moongod Sin PGP  at Harran PGP  when Assurbanipal became king. See Royal family. View family tree [~/images/essentials/royalfamily/assyrian-royal-family.gif].

Aššur-eṭir (person)

"Aššur PGP  has saved": This son of Ṣillaya PGP , who had been a prominent figure in the conspiracy against Esarhaddon, was forced to name collaborators once the plot was uncovered.

Aššur-hamatu'a (person)

"Aššur PGP  is my rescue": High official of the temple of Ištar PGP  of Arbela PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Aššur-hussanni (person)

"O Aššur PGP , remember me!": Goldsmith of the temple of Aššur PGP  at Assur PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Aššur-ili-muballissu (person)

"Aššur PGP , my god, is the one who gives him life": Assyrian prince, son of Sennacherib, residing in Assur PGP .

Aššur-mudammiq (person)

"Aššur PGP  is the one who gives fortune": High official of the temple of Aššur PGP  at Assur PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Aššur-mukin-paleya (person)

"Aššur PGP  is the one who established my reign": Assyrian prince; one of the youngest sons of Esarhaddon (certainly born soon after 681 BC) and the second youngest brother of Assurbanipal. After a sickly childhood, he was installed in a priestly office at a Babylonian temple, possibly in Babylon PGP , when Assurbanipal became king. In 648 BC, his tablet collection was integrated into Assurbanipal's library. This would imply that he sided with šamaš-šumu-ukin PGP  in the war against Assurbanipal and lost his possessions, and quite likely his life, as a consequence. See Royal family and Assurbanipal. View family tree [~/images/essentials/royalfamily/assyrian-royal-family.gif].

Aššur-na'di (person)

"Aššur PGP  is praised": High official of the temple of Aššur PGP  at Assur PGP , perhaps during the reign of Sargon II (721-705).

Aššur-naṣir (person)

"Aššur PGP  is protector": [1] Chief eunuch TT  of Esarhaddon, involved with Sasi PGP  in the conspiracy against the king; executed and replaced by Ša-Nabu-šu PGP  after the plot was uncovered. [2] Astrologer TT  in royal service, probably of Esarhaddon.

Aššur-natkil (person)

"Take Aššur PGP  into confidence!": Cohort commander TT  of the city of Adin PGP  who was said to harrass the scholar TT  Rašil PGP .

Aššur-ra'im-šarri (person)

"Aššur PGP  loves the king": Mentioned in an extispicy TT  report during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Aššur-reṣuwa (person)

"Aššur PGP  is my helper": Priest of Ninurta PGP  at Kalhu PGP .

Aššur-šallim-ahhe (person)

"O Aššur PGP , keep the brothers safe!": Working under Mannu-ki-Issar-le'i PGP  at Assurbanipal's reconstruction project of the Esaggil PGP  temple in Babylon PGP .

Aššur-šarrani (person)

"Aššur PGP  is our king": Astrologer TT  at Nineveh PGP  in the entourage of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal.

Aššur-šarrani-muballissu (person)

"Our king Aššur PGP  is the one who gives him life": Assyrian prince, son of Esarhaddon. Likely to be identical with Aššur-etel-šame-erṣeti-muballissu PGP .

Aššur-šarru-uṣur (person)

"O Aššur PGP , protect the king!": Temple steward of the Aššur PGP  temple at Assur PGP  under Assurbanipal.

Aššur-šumu-iddina (person)

"Aššur PGP  has given a name": Astrologer TT  under Esarhaddon and/or Assurbanipal.

Aššur-šumu-ka''in (person)

"O Aššur PGP , establish a name!": Military officer participating in the campaign against Egypt PGP  under Esarhaddon.

Aššur-šumu-uṣur (person)

"O Aššur PGP , protect the name!": Involved in the campaign against Egypt PGP  under Esarhaddon, possibly a military officer.

Aššur-zeru-iddina (person)

"Aššur PGP  has given offspring": Chief administrator ("prelate TT ") of a temple in Nineveh PGP , involved in a scandal during the reign of Sennacherib PGP .

Assyria (place)

The empire ruled by kings Esarhaddon PGP  and Assurbanipal PGP , and their predecessors and successors. See The Assyrian empire.

Auriga (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  near the path of the moon, between Perseus PGP  and Gemini PGP ; known in Assyria as "(Shepherd's) Crook". View Auriga using Google Sky [~/downloads/auriga.kmz] | View Auriga in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=42d49m&lon=5h57m&z=1]

Aya (deity)

The divine consort of the sungod Šamaš PGP .

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Bab-sami (place)

A locality in southern Babylonia PGP , location unknown.

Babu (deity)

Consort of the god Zababa PGP .

Babu-šumu-ibni (person)

"Babu PGP  has created a name": Temple official of the Ešarra PGP  temple and member of a scribal family from Assur PGP , ancestor of the exorcist TT s Kiṣir-Aššur PGP  and Nabu-bessunu PGP .

Babu-šumu-iddina (person)

"Babu has given a name": Astrologer TT  working for Assurbanipal.

Babylon (place)

The most important city of Babylonia PGP , near the modern city of Hilla. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/babylon.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/babylon.kmz&t=k&z=15].

Babylonia (place)

The territory to the south of the Assyrian heartland, formerly an independent polity and constantly reclaiming that independence from Assyria PGP .

Bagusu (person)

"Sought", a West-Semitic name: Village manager from Tille PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Balasi (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the element "life". Astrologer TT  in the entourage of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal, often working as a team with Nabu-ahhe-eriba PGP ; appointed to be the teacher of the crown prince TT  Assurbanipal, he was this king's chief scholar TT . His many letters and reports illustrate not only his astrological expertise but also his wide knowledge of various rituals and divination in general.

Balassu (person)

"His life": [1] Exorcist TT  at Nineveh PGP  in the service of Esarhaddon, son of Nabu-nadin-ahi. [2] Haruspex TT  working for Esarhaddon.

Balaṭu (person)

"Life": Farmer of Bel PGP , who is attached to the Marduk PGP  temple of Babylon PGP , during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Balihitu (person)

"Woman from the city of Balihu": Daughter of Šamaš-ibni PGP , of Bit-Ibaya PGP  whose ruler Bel-eṭir PGP , an enemy of Assurbanipal, is insulted as being her slave.

Balṭaya (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the element "life": Esarhaddon's chief exorcist TT  Marduk-šakin-šumi PGP  consecrated divine statues in this man's house which would indicate an important cultic function.

Balti-nuriya (person)

Better: Ba'alti-nuriya "My lady is my light": Military officer serving Esarhaddon.

Bamaya (person)

Meaning unknown. Astrologer TT  in the entourage of Assurbanipal.

Bani (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the verb "to create". [1] Haruspex TT  working for Esarhaddon. [2] Deputy of Assurbanipal's chief physician TT  at Nineveh PGP . [3] A candidate for an appointment as the priest of Anu PGP .

Banitu (deity)

A creator goddess.

Barhalzi (place)

A central Assyrian province, west of Nineveh PGP . View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif]

Bariku (place)

City in the Zagros PGP  mountain range, known as a salt production centre.

Bartatua (person)

"With far-reaching strength"; an Iranian name, called Protothyes in Greek sources. King of the Scythians PGP  and an Assyrian ally, married to a daughter of Esarhaddon as part of a peace treaty.

Basalu (person)

"Stoker", an Aramaean name: Goldsmith of the Aššur PGP  temple in Assur PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Baya (person)

Prophetess TT  from Arbela PGP , communicating the words of Ištar PGP  of Arbela PGP , Bel PGP  and Nabu PGP  to Essarhaddon.

Bazu (place)

City in northern Babylonia, on the Euphrates near Babylon PGP ; exact location unknown.

Bel (deity)

"Lord", a name of Marduk PGP .

Bel-ahhe-eriba (person)

"Bel PGP  has replaced the brothers": Babylonian astrologer TT , son of La-baši-ilu PGP , working for Esarhaddon.

Bel-epuš (person)

"Bel PGP  has made": Babylonian haruspex TT  in the service of Esarhaddon.

Bel-eriba (person)

"Bel PGP  has replaced": Servant of the crown prince TT  Assurbanipal who experienced an oracular TT  seizure when escorting the statue of the god Marduk PGP  back to the temple in Babylon PGP  in 669 BC. This bad omen caused the termination of the journey and the statue was only returned to Babylon a year later, in 668.

Belet-balaṭi (deity)

"Lady of Life", a name of Damkina PGP .

Belet-ili (deity)

"Lady of the gods", the goddess of creation.

Bel-eṭir (person)

"Bel PGP  has saved": [1] Babylonian governor under Esarhaddon, quite possibly identical with the governor of the unidentified province of HAR PGP . [2] Ruler of the Bit-Ibaya PGP  and enemy of Assurbanipal.

Belet-šame (deity)

"Lady of Heaven", a name of Ištar PGP .

Belet Ṣeri (deity)

"Lady of the Steppe", an Underworld TT  deity.

Bel Harran (deity)

"Lord of Harran PGP ", a name of the moongod Sin PGP .

Bel-Harran-šadu'a (person)

"The Lord of Harran PGP  is my mountain": Governor of Sidon PGP  under Assurbanipal; eponym TT  of the year 650 BC.

Bel-ibni (person)

"Bel PGP  has created": Associate of the Aššur PGP  temple in Assur PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Bel-iddina (person)

"Bel PGP  has given": High functionary of Sin PGP 's temple at Harran PGP .

Bel-iqiša (person)

"Bel PGP  has granted": Haruspex TT  in the service of Esarhaddon.

Bel-le'i (person)

"Bel PGP  is almighty": [1] Babylonian exorcist TT  who, however, reported exclusively on astrological matters to Esarhaddon; a member of the prominent Egibi PGP  family from Babylon PGP . [2] Babylonian temple official recommended to Assurbanipal for work at Assur PGP .

Bel-matati (deity)

"Lord of the Lands", a name of Marduk PGP .

Bel-naṣir (person)

"Bel PGP  is protector": [1] Babylonian astrologer TT  in Esarhaddon's entourage. A member of a prominent scholarly family with a close association with the Assyrian royal house, this man was the brother of Sennacherib PGP 's chief scholar TT  Bel-upahhir PGP  and the uncle of the royal astrologer Ṭab-ṣilli-Marduk PGP , who liked to stress the relationship with Bel-naṣir in his own reports to the king. [2] Exorcist TT  at Nineveh PGP , a possible candidate to replace the sick Remuttu PGP  in Esarhaddon's service. [3] Official at Assur PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Bel-remanni (person)

"O Bel PGP , have mercy on me!": [1] This Babylonian scholar TT  and his father Kudurru PGP  were recommended to Esarhaddon for royal service. [2] [2] Father of the priest Dadi PGP  of the Bet Kidmuri PGP .

Bel-šadu'a (person)

"Bel PGP  is my mountain": Governor of Sidon PGP  under Assurbanipal, on occasion designated also as the governor of Tyre PGP  despite the fact that this city remained independent.

Bel-ṣarbi (deity)

"Lord of the Euphrates PGP  Poplar", the main deity of the Babylonian city of Bazu PGP ; a name of Nergal PGP .

Bel-šarru-uṣur (person)

"O Bel PGP , protect the king!": Perhaps a priest of the Ekur PGP  temple.

Bel-šuma-iškun (person)

"Bel PGP  has provided the name": Babylonian lamenter TT  who, however, reported exclusively on astrological matters to Esarhaddon.

Belšunu (person)

"Their lord": Governor of the province of Hindanu PGP  under Assurbanipal; eponym TT  of the year 648 BC.

Bel-tarbaṣi (deity)

"Lord of the Cattle-Pen", a guardian statue in the Ešarra PGP , the temple of Aššur PGP  in Assur PGP .

Bel-upahhir (person)

"Bel PGP  has assembled": Babylonian astrologer TT  and Sennacherib PGP 's chief scholar TT , still active in Esarhaddon's reign; his son Ṭab-ṣilli-Marduk PGP  and his brother Bel-naṣir PGP  were also members of Esarhaddon's entourage.

Bel-ušabši (person)

"Bel PGP  has brought into being": A Babylonian.

Bel-ušallim (person)

"Bel PGP  has kept safe": [1] Haruspex TT  in the service of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal, often working as a team with Šumaya PGP . [2] Horse groom of Esarhaddon's delegate at Babylon PGP .

Bel-ušezib (person)

"Bel PGP  has saved": Astrologer TT  of Babylonian origin in the service of Sennacherib PGP  and Esarhaddon; an early supporter of Esarhaddon during the succession war against Arda-Mullissi PGP , he was very influential and the only Babylonian in Esarhaddon's inner circle of scholars TT  at Nineveh PGP .

Bet Dugani (place)

"House of Daguna PGP ", a part of the Ešarra PGP , the temple of Aššur PGP  in Assur PGP , housing the temple's kitchen quarters.

Bet Kari (place)

A name for the Assyrian provinces in the Zagros PGP  mountains.

Bet Kidmuri (place)

The temple of Ištar PGP  in Kalhu PGP . View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/bet_kidmuri_kalhu.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/bet_kidmuri_kalhu.kmz&t=k&z=19]

Bibbu (deity)

An Underworld TT  deity, sometimes equated with Saturn PGP  or thought of as a wandering star.

Bibiya (person)

"Baby": [1] Babylonian featuring in Assyrian propaganda texts against Bel-eṭir PGP , ruler of the Bit-Ibaya PGP , an enemy of Assurbanipal. [2] Prefect of one of Assurbanipal's Itu'ean PGP  military contingents.

Binuni (person)

"My little son", a West-Semitic name: Priest of Ea-šarru PGP  at Assur PGP .

Birtum (place)

A northern Assyrian province. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif]

Bit-Adini (place)

Aramean PGP  kingdom with the capital Til-Barsip PGP , situated in Northern Syria to the east of the Euphrates PGP ; conquered and integrated into Assyria under Shalmaneser III (858-824) as the province of the Commander-in-chief TT .

Bit-Amukani (people)

A Chaldaean PGP  tribe who occupied the area north of Uruk PGP  in Babylonia PGP .

Bit-Bunakki (place)

Babylonian city on the border to Elam PGP .

Bit-Dakuri (people)

A Chaldaean PGP  tribe who occupied the area south of Borsippa PGP  in Babylonia PGP .

Bit-Hamban (place)

A region and Assyrian province in western Iran, situated where the Diyala PGP  river leaves the Zagros PGP  mountains.

Bit-Ibaya (people)

A tribe in Babylonia PGP , location unknown.

Bit Ṭabti (place)

"Salt Desert", in Iran; now called the Dašt-e Kavir.

Bit-Yakin (people)

A Chaldaean PGP  tribe who occupied the area north of Ur PGP  in Babylonia PGP .

Borsippa (place)

A Babylonian city southwest of Babylon PGP ; now Birs Nimrud. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/borsippa_birs_nimrud.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/borsippa_birs_nimrud.kmz&t=k&z=18]

Bow (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  now considered part of Canis Minor, near Cancer PGP  and Gemini PGP ; see also Sirius PGP . View Canis Minor using Google Sky [~/downloads/canis_minor.kmz] | View Canis Minor in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=6d46m&lon=7h37m&z=1]

Breast of Scorpius (heavenly body)

Part of the Scorpius PGP  constellation TT . View Scorpius in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=-35d20m&lon=16h52m&z=1]

Bridle (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  now considered part of Boötes. View Boötes using Google Sky [~/downloads/bootes.kmz] | View Boötes in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=32d20m&lon=14h41m&z=1]

Budi-ilu (person)

"In the hand of god", a Phoenician name: Scribe TT .

Bulluṭu (person)

"Kept alive": Astrologer TT  in the service of Esarhaddon.

Burna-Buriaš (person)

"Protege of the god Buriaš"; a Kassite PGP  name. Ancient king of Babylon PGP , the 19th king of the Kassite Dynasty (r. 1359-1333). In the 7th century BC, the popular saying "The time of checking the books is the shepherds' ordeal" was attributed to this ruler.

C

Calah/Kalhu (place)

A royal city of Assyria, between Assur PGP  and Nineveh PGP  on the Tigris PGP  river; Biblical Calah, modern Nimrud. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/kalhu_nimrud.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/kalhu_nimrud.kmz&t=k&z=17].

Cancer (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  near the path of the moon, between Gemini PGP  and Leo PGP ; known in Assyria as "Crab". View Cancer using Google Sky [~/downloads/cancer.kmz] | View Cancer in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=23d34m&lon=8h30m&z=1]

Capricorn (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  near the path of the moon, between Sagittarius PGP  and Aquarius PGP ; known in Assyria as "Goat-Fish". View Capricorn using Google Sky [~/downloads/capricorn.kmz] | View Capricorn in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=-19d21m&lon=21h3m&z=1]

Carchemish (place)

A major city and provincial capital, situated on the Euphrates PGP . View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/carchemish.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/carchemish.kmz&t=k&z=16]

Centaurus (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  near Scorpius PGP  and Libra PGP ; known in Assyria as "Mouse-like". View Centaurus using Google Sky [~/downloads/centaurus.kmz] | View Centaurus in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=-44d0m&lon=12h57m&z=1]

Chaldaea (place)

The south of Babylonia PGP ; the areas occupied by the tribes of Bit-Amukani PGP , Bit-Dakuri PGP , and Bit-Yakin PGP .

Chariot (heavenly body)

A constellation TT , now considered the northern part of the Taurus PGP  constellation TT . View Taurus using Google Sky [~/downloads/taurus.kmz] | View Taurus in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=17d20m&lon=4h6m&z=1]

Cilicia (place)

The area around the south east coast of modern Turkey, bordered by the Taurus PGP  and Amanus PGP  mountains; Assyrian Que PGP .

Cimmerians (people)

Horse nomads, who migrated into Anatolia and northern Iran from the Caucasus region.

Commagene (place)

Capital of the Province of the Left Turtanu; Assyrian Kummuhi, modern Samsat (now flooded by the Ataturk Dam) in Turkey. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/commagene_kummuhi.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/commagene_kummuhi.kmz&t=k&z=13]

Crown of Anu (heavenly body)

A V-shaped cluster of stars at the centre of the Taurus PGP  constellation TT , now known as the Hyades. View Taurus using Google Sky [~/downloads/taurus.kmz] | View Taurus in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=17d20m&lon=4h6m&z=1]

Cush/Kush (place)

Nubia, a kingdom to the south of Egypt PGP  in modern Sudan.

Cutha/Kutha (place)

A city in northern Babylonia PGP , now Tell Ibrahim. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/kutha_tell_ibrahim.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/kutha_tell_ibrahim.kmz&t=k&z=14].

Cyprus (place)

Island in the northeastern Mediterranean, split into several kingdoms whose rulers were Assyrian vassals. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/cyprus.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/cyprus.kmz&t=k&z=9]

D

Dada (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the West-Semitic element "darling". [1] Exorcist TT  in the service of Sennacherib PGP  to whom the astrologer TT  Bel-ušezib PGP  reported in 680 BC, during the succession war after Sennacherib PGP 's murder, the omens predicting Esarhaddon's kingship. [2] Cook of the Assyrian crown prince TT . [3] Royal official in Babylonia.

Dadi (person)

"My darling": [1] High official at the temple of Aššur PGP  at Assur PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon. [2] Priest of Ištar PGP 's Bet Kidmuri PGP  temple in Kalhu PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal, son of Bel PGP -remanni.

Daguna (deity)

A grain god from the eastern Mediterranean, also known as Dagon or Dagan.

Damascus (place)

A major city and provincial capital, situated on the Euphrates PGP . View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/damascus.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/damascus.kmz&t=k&z=16]

Damkina (deity)

The spouse of the great god Ea PGP , worshipped especially at Kalhu PGP .

Damqa (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the element "good". [1] Servant of the queen mother TT  Naqi'a PGP , supervising the weaving activities of the women of the royal court of Nineveh PGP , active under Esarhaddon. [2] The father of the astrologer TT  Ašaridu PGP  "the Elder".

Damqi (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the element "good": Son of the chief temple administrator ("prelate TT ") of the city of Akkad PGP  in Babylonia; appointed (and, as required by the ritual, killed) as the substitute king during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Dana (place)

An Assyrian city of unknown location.

Dani (person)

Better: Danni; abbreviation of a name containing the element "strong". Scribe at the royal court of Nineveh PGP  in whose house a ritual for his sick son is performed.

Dannaya (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the element "strong". Haruspex TT  in the service of Assurbanipal, often working as a team with Aššur-da''in-šarru PGP ; he was a eunuch TT .

Dara-ahuya (place)

Mountain town near Arbela PGP , of unknown location.

Dari-šarru (person)

"The king is everlasting": Haruspex TT  working for Assurbanipal.

Dayyan-Adad (person)

"Adad PGP  is judge": Accused by Akkullanu PGP  of withholding sheep offerings for Aššur's PGP  temple Ešarra PGP  early during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Deleter (heavenly body)

A star in the constellation TT  now called Andromeda. View Andromeda using Google Sky [~/downloads/andromeda.kmz] | View Andromeda in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=39d15m&lon=0h34m&z=1]

Der (place)

A city in northeastern Babylonia PGP , now Tell Aqar. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/der_tell_aqar.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/der_tell_aqar.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Didi (person)

"My darling", a Phoenician name: Architect working on Assurbanipal's restoration project of Esaggil PGP  in Babylon PGP .

Dilbat (place)

A Babylonian city, south of Babylon PGP , now Deilam. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/dilbat_deilam.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/dilbat_deilam.kmz&t=k&z=17]

Diquqina (place)

A country? Identity and location unknown.

Diyala (place)

A tributary of the Tigris PGP  river, whose source is near modern Hamadan in Iran and which flows southwestward, joining the Tigris below Baghdad.

Dugul-pan-ili (person)

"Look upon the face of the god!": Scribe working for Assurbanipal's library.

Dunga (deity)

Patron god of musicians.

Dunnaša-amur (person)

"I have seen her strength": Prophetess TT  from Arbela PGP , communicating the words of Ištar PGP  of Arbela and Mullissu PGP  to Assurbanipal.

Dur-Illil (place)

An Assyrian stronghold on the Assyrian border with Mannea PGP , location unknown.

Dur-Kurigalzu (place)

A Babylonian city, founded by the Kassites PGP ; now Aqar Quf, on the northeastern outskirts of modern Baghdad. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/dur-kurigalzu_aqar_quf.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/dur-kurigalzu_aqar_quf.kmz&t=k&z=16]

Durna (place)

An esoteric name for Nineveh PGP .

Dur-Samedi (place)

Town in central Assyria, of unknown location.

Dur-Šarruken (place)

Founded and built by Sargon PGP  II of Assyria in the late 8th century, this city served as his main residence. While losing this function to Nineveh PGP  under Sennacherib PGP , Dur-Šarruken remained a provincial capital. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/dur-sarruken_khorsabad.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/dur-sarruken_khorsabad.kmz&t=k&z=17]

Dur-Šarrukku (place)

A northeastern Babylonian city and Assyrian provincial capital; location uncertain. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/dur-sarrukku.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/dur-sarrukku.kmz&t=k&z=18]

Dusanni (person)

Meaning unknown. Ruler of Saparda PGP  in Western Iran, an enemy of Assyria.

E

E'engurra (place)

Shrine of Ea PGP  in the Esaggil PGP , Marduk PGP 's temple at Babylon PGP .

Ea (deity)

The god of wisdom, magic, and incantations.

Ea-mušallim (person)

"Ea PGP  is the one who preserves": Astrologer TT  in the service of the king Marduk-nadin-ahhe PGP  of Babylon PGP , of the Second Dynasty of Isin (r. 1099-1082 BC).

Ea-nuhši-uṣur (person)

"O Ea PGP , protect my abundance!": Member of a scribal family from Cutha PGP , father of Mutaqqin-Aššur PGP , son of Šamaš-šumu-iddina PGP , grandson of Nabu-kabti-ahhešu PGP .

Ea-šarru (deity)

God of wisdom and judgement.

Ebir-nari (place)

"The place at the other side of the river", referring to the regions west of the Euphrates PGP , i.e. western Syria.

Edurhenunna (place)

Temple of Adad PGP  in Kurbail PGP .

Egašankalamma (place)

Temple of Ištar PGP  in Arbela PGP .

Egibi (person)

An abbreviated Sumerian PGP  name: The ancestor of an important family from Babylon PGP ; his name was used as a surname by his descendants.

Egypt (place)

In the early 7th century, Cush PGP  and Assyria PGP  fought for control over a politically fragmented Egypt. The invasions under Esarhaddon PGP  and Assurbanipal PGP  established Assyrian control over Egypt. Psametikh I, the first pharaoh of the 26th dynasty, started his career as an Assyrian vassal.

Ehiligar (place)

Part of Esaggil PGP , Marduk PGP 's temple in Babylon PGP , dedicated to his consort Zarpanitu PGP .

Ehursaggalkurkurra (place)

Holy-of-holies in Ešarra PGP , the Aššur PGP  temple at Assur PGP .

Ekallati (place)

Assyrian town on the Tigris PGP  river, near Assur PGP , perhaps Tulul Haikal. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/ekallati.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/ekallati.kmz&t=k&z=17]

Ekur (place)

"Mountain house", the temple of Illil PGP  (Enlil PGP ) in Nippur PGP .

Elam (place)

Kingdom in southwestern Iran, centred on the city of Susa, often in conflict with Assyria. View location of Susa using Google Earth [~/downloads/susa.kmz] | View location of Susa using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/susa.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Ellipi (place)

Kingdom in the Zagros PGP  mountains of western Iran, north of Elam PGP  and northeast of Der PGP .

Emašmaš (place)

The temple of Ištar PGP  in Nineveh PGP .

Enbilulu (deity)

A name of Marduk PGP .

Engišgalanna (heavenly body)

A name for Jupiter PGP .

Enlil (deity)

Head of the Sumerian PGP  pantheon, and one of the most important gods still in Neo-Assyrian times; called Illil PGP  in Assyrian dialect.

Enmešarra (deity)

[1] An Underworld TT  god; [2] a part of the Perseus PGP  constellation TT . View Perseus using Google Sky [~/downloads/perseus.kmz] | View Perseus in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=44d53m&lon=3h31m&z=1]

Eparna (person)

Meaning unknown. Ruler of Patušarri in Iran, deported to Assyria by Esarhaddon.

Eragal (deity)

A name of the god Nergal PGP , king of the Underworld TT .

Ereškigal (deity)

Queen of the Underworld TT , sister of Ištar PGP .

Erešu (person)

"Desired": Ruler of the city of Soloi on Cyprus PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon and possibly also Assurbanipal; because of the fragmentary state of the letter, it is not certain whether the reference in SAA 10: 162 refers to this man (or any personal name).

Eridu (place)

Ancient city of southern Babylonia PGP ; now Abu Shahrein. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/eridu_abu_shahrain.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [&z=18]

Erra (deity)

God of famine and pestilence.

Erragal (deity)

A name of Nergal PGP .

Esabad (place)

Temple of Gula PGP  in Babylon PGP .

Esaggil (place)

"House that lifts its head", the main shrine of Marduk PGP  in Babylon PGP . View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/esaggil_babylon.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/esaggil_babylon.kmz&t=k&z=17]

Esarhaddon (person)

Aššur-ahhe-iddina "Aššur PGP  has given brothers": King of Assyria (r. 680-669 BC). See Esarhaddon. View family tree [~/images/essentials/royalfamily/assyrian-royal-family.gif].

Ešarra (place)

"House of the Universe", the temple of the supreme god Aššur PGP  in the city of Assur PGP . View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/esarra_assur.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/esarra_assur.kmz&t=k&z=18]

Ešnunna (place)

City to the northeast of modern Baghdad; now Tell Asmar. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/eshnunna_tell_asmar.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/eshnunna_tell_asmar.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Ešuburanna (place)

Chapel of Daguna PGP -Illil PGP  in Ešarra PGP , the Aššur PGP  temple at Assur PGP .

Eṭiru (person)

"Saviour": A prominent public figure in Babylonia and the Sealand PGP , a "temple enterer" of Marduk PGP 's temple in Babylon PGP ; grandfather of Marduk-zeru-ibni PGP .

Euphrates (place)

Major river running through the western part of Mesopotamia, some 2,800 km long, which rises in the Taurus PGP  mountains and in Assyrian times flowed directly into the Persian Gulf.

Ezida (place)

"True house", the temple of Nabu PGP  in Kalhu PGP . View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/ezida_kalhu.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/ezida_kalhu.kmz&t=k&z=19]

F

Fox (heavenly body)

Part of the constellation TT  now called Ursa Major. View Ursa Major using Google Sky [~/downloads/ursa_major.kmz] | View Ursa Major in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=57d29m&lon=10h16m&z=1]

Frond (heavenly body)

A star near Virgo PGP  and Boötes, now considered part of the constellation TT  Coma Berenices. View Coma Berenices using Google Sky [~/downloads/coma_berenices.kmz] | View Coma Berenices in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=22d39m&lon=12h45m&z=1]

G

Gabbaru (person)

"Strongman"; a West-Semitic name. Babylonian official, quite possibly the governor of Dur-Sin-ahhe-eriba under Assurbanipal; eponym TT  of the year 667 BC.

Gabbe (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the element "all": Village manager from Barhalzi PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Gadise (place)

Assyrian town of unknown location.

Gahul-Tutu (person)

Better: Gahul-Marduk PGP ; exact meaning unknown. The ancestor of a Babylonian family; his name was used as a surname by his descendants, among them the astrologer TT  Nergal-eṭir PGP .

Gallulu (person)

"The boss-eyed one": Guard of Ninurta PGP 's temple at Kalhu PGP .

Gambulu (place)

An Aramean PGP  tribe who occupied the area to the east of Nippur PGP  in Babylonia PGP .

Gemini (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  near the path of the moon, between Auriga PGP  and Cancer PGP ; known in Assyria as "Great Twins". View Gemini using Google Sky [~/downloads/gemini.kmz] | View Gemini in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=24d49m&lon=6h51m&z=1]

Gilgameš (deity)

A legendary hero, king of Uruk PGP .

Gilgameš (person)

Legendary hero who befriended the wild man Enkidu and killed Humbaba PGP , guardian of the mythical Cedar Forest.

Gilimma (heavenly body)

A star, identity unknown.

Gilu (person)

Meaning unknown. Ancestor of a Babylonian astrologer TT ; compare Egibi PGP  and Gahul-Tutu PGP .

Girittu (person)

Abbreviation of a Canaanite name containing the word "client": Shepherd from Luddin-ilu PGP , responsible for procuring sacrificial animals for Aššur PGP 's temple in Assur PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Girru (deity)

A god of fire.

Goat (heavenly body)

Vega, the brightest star in the constellation TT  now called Lyra, near Aquila PGP  and Pegasus PGP , associated with Gula PGP , goddess of healing. View Vega using Google Sky [~/downloads/vega.kmz] | View Lyra in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=40d39m&lon=18h54m&z=1]

Gula (heavenly body)

Sumerian "Great One", goddess of healing, identified with the Goat PGP  star (Lyra).

Gurru (place)

Originally an Aramean PGP  tribe; mercenaries in the Assyrian army.

Gutians (place)

An archaic term for the tribes of the Zagros PGP  mountains.

Guzana (place)

A provincial capital of western Assyria; Biblical Gozan, classical Giziana, now Tell Halaf on the Syrian-Turkish border. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/guzana_tell_halaf.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/guzana_tell_halaf.kmz&t=k&z=17]

H

Hada'il (place)

City in Assyria, of unknown location.

Haimbia (person)

An Elamite name of unknown meaning: Enemy of Assurbanipal.

Halahhu (place)

An Assyrian district northwest of Nineveh PGP .

Halman (place)

City in eastern Babylonia, modern Sar-i-pol-Zohab. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/halman_sar-i_pol_zohab.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/halman_sar-i_pol_zohab.kmz&t=k&z=16]

Halzi-atbari (place)

An Assyrian province on the east bank of the Khabur PGP  river in modern Syria. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif]

Hamat (place)

A Syrian city under Assyrian control; Biblical Hamath, modern Hama in Syria. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/hamat.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/hamat.kmz&t=k&z=17].

Hamma (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the West-Semitic term "paternal uncle": Woman from Assur PGP .

Hammurapi (person)

"The paternal uncle is the healer"; an Amorite name. Ancient king of Babylon PGP  (r. 1792-1750 BC); Assurbanipal had his scholars TT  in Babylonia look for texts from the time of this famous ancient ruler, and before, to add to his library.

Hanbi (deity)

A demon TT , father of Pazuzu PGP .

HAR (place)

A city in Babylonia PGP , reading and location unknown.

Harhar (place)

A city and district in the Zagros PGP  mountains, near modern Kermanshah, also called Kar-Šarrukin; possibly modern Malayer. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/harhar_malayer.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/harhar_malayer.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Harihumba (place)

A town in central Assyria, location unknown.

Harran (place)

A provincial capital of western Assyria; classical Carrhae, modern Harran. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/harran.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/harran.kmz&t=k&z=15]

Harraniya (place)

A city in northeastern Assyria; perhaps modern Raniya in northern Iraq. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/harraniya_raniya.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/harraniya_raniya.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Hatti (place)

An archaic name for northern Syria and Anatolia.

Hindanu (place)

An Assyrian provincial capital on the middle Euphrates PGP , near the modern Iraqi border with Syria. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/hindanu.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/hindanu.kmz&t=k&z=18]

Hubuškia (place)

A city and region south of Lake Urmia; possibly modern Hane in northwestern Iran. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/hubuskia_hane.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/hubuskia_hane.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Huddaya (person)

Meaning unknown: Official acting on behalf of Esarhaddon.

Hulalitu (person)

"(Precious) like a gem stone": Woman ofthe Bit-Ibaya PGP , during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Humbaba (deity)

Divine guardian of the Cedar Forest, challenged by Gilgameš PGP  and Enkidu.

Humban (deity)

The supreme god of Elam PGP .

Humbe (person)

Meaning unknown. Ruler of Bit-Zualzaš in Western Iran, active during the reign of Sargon PGP  II and quite possibly also later; a son of his is attested during the time of Esarhaddon.

Humhummu (deity)

A minor vegetation god.

Hursagkalama (place)

Part of the city of Kiš in northern Babylonia PGP ; modern Tell Ingharra. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/hursagkalama_ingharra.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/hursagkalama_ingharra.kmz&t=k&z=15]

I

Iba (person)

Eponymous ancestor of the Bit-Ibaya PGP  clan.

Iddin-Ea (person)

"Ea PGP  has given": Priest of Ninurta PGP  at Kalhu PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Idri-aha'u (person)

"My help is my brother": Cohort-commander active in Babylonia during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Igigi (deity)

A collective name for the gods of heaven.

Ikkalu (person)

see Yakinlu PGP .

Ikkaru (person)

"Farmer": Physician TT  at the royal court of Esarhaddon, possibly Urad-Nanaya PGP 's predecessor as the royal chief physician TT .

Illat (deity)

A minor deity.

Illil (deity)

The Assyrian name for Enlil PGP , head of the Sumerian PGP  pantheon and one of the most important gods still in Neo-Assyrian times.

Illil-zeru-ibni (person)

"Illil has created offspring": A Babylonian.

Ilu-iṣbatanni (person)

"The god has seized me": Haruspex TT  working for Assurbanipal.

Ilu-šezibanni (person)

"O god, save me!": Major-domo TT  of prince Aššur-ili-muballissu PGP .

Ilu-taklak (person)

"In god I trust": Military official under Esarhaddon.

Imba (person)

Abbreviated name. Member of the Gallabu family in the employ of the governor of Babylon PGP .

Ina-qibi-Bel (person)

"Through the word of Bel PGP ": Temple enterer of Marduk PGP 's temple at Babylon, brother of Nadin-ahi PGP , during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Ina-teši-eṭir (person)

"He has saved from confusion": Governor of Uruk PGP  under Esarhaddon.

Indaru (place)

A Cimmerian PGP  tribe.

Indubanna (heavenly body)

Sumerian PGP  for "Boundary of Heaven", a star in the constellation TT  Sagittarius PGP . View Sagittarius using Google Sky [~/downloads/sagittarius.kmz] | View Sagittarius in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=-29d53m&lon=19h23m&z=1]

Inner City (place)

A name for the city of Assur PGP .

Inurta (deity)

The Assyrian name for Ninurta PGP , god of victory.

Iqbi-damiq (deity)

A minor god.

Iqiša (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the verb "to grant": Involved in Assurbanipal's wars against Elam PGP , details unknown

Irnina (deity)

"Victoria", a name of Ištar PGP .

Isana (place)

A provincial capital of central Assyria PGP , on the western bank of the Tigris PGP  river; exact location unknown. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif]

Išdu-ukin (person)

"He established the foundations": King of Babylon PGP  and successor of Šamaš-šumu-ukin PGP ; attested only in a literary text of Assurbanipal.

Išhara (deity)

A goddess, sometimes associated with extispicy TT  and with the planet TT  Venus PGP .

Iškallu (person)

Meaning unknown. King of Tabal PGP , an enemy of Assyria and a contemporary of Esarhaddon.

Issar (deity)

The Assyrian name for Ištar PGP , goddess of war, love and beauty.

Issar-beli-da''ini (person)

"O Ištar PGP , strengthen my lord!": Prophetess TT  and a royal votary TT  of Esarhaddon.

Issar-la-tašiyaṭ (person)

"Do not neglect Ištar PGP !": Prophet TT  from Arbela PGP , communicating the words of Ištar PGP  of Arbela PGP  to Esarhaddon.

Issar-na'di (person)

"Ištar PGP  is praised": Mayor of Assur PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Issar-nadin-apli (person)

"Ištar PGP  is the giver of an heir": Astrologer TT  and head of the astrologers' collegium at the temple of Ištar PGP  of Arbela PGP , working for Assurbanipal.

Issar-šumu-ereš (person)

"Ištar PGP  has desired a name": Assurbanipal's chief scribe; an important figure in the inner circle of both Esarhaddon and especially Assurbanipal, he was the member of a prominent Assyrian scribal family. His father was the chief scribe Nabu-zeru-lešir PGP  (his predecessor in this office) and his uncle the chief exorcist TT  Adad-šumu-uṣur PGP . His core field was astrology but this frequent correspondent of the king also reported on a broad range of religious and administrative matters, showing his expertise in all forms of divination when he advised on the significance of ominous occurrences from earthquakes to the behaviour of mongooses.

Issete (place)

Perhaps to be read Anate. City of unknown location in Assyria.

Ištar (deity)

Goddess of war, love and beauty, also called Issar PGP  in Assyrian dialect and worshipped in many Assyrian cities.

Ištaran (deity)

Main god of the city of Der PGP .

Ištiaru (place)

A city in modern Turkey, location unknown.

Išum (deity)

"Fire", a god identified with Nergal PGP .

Itti-Marduk-balaṭu (person)

"With Marduk PGP  is life": Chief administrator ("prelate TT ") of the temple Eanna in Uruk PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Itu'u (place)

[1] A town on the middle Euphrates PGP , modern Hit; [2] also members of an Aramean PGP  tribe serving as mercenaries in the Assyrian army. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/hit.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/hit.kmz&t=k&z=16]

J

Jupiter (heavenly body)

Planet TT  known as "the heroic one" and "the white star", often identified with the moon, the Babylonian god Marduk PGP , and with Babylonia PGP  (Land of Akkad PGP ) more generally. Its periodicity was not known accurately in the Neo-Assyrian period. View in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Yourtel?aim=5&z=1]

K

Kabti (person)

Abbreviation of a name with the element "honoured". The identity of this man who is mentioned in a fragmentary passage in a letter from the physician TT  Ikkaru PGP  to Esarhaddon is unclear, also because the name is rather common at Nineveh PGP .

Kakka (deity)

Divine messenger of Aššur PGP .

Kalbu (person)

"Dog"; "Dogsbody" = "Servant": Prominent scholar TT  in the entourage of Sennacherib PGP , quite possibly the chief scribe of that king; son of Nabu-eṭir PGP .

Kalhu (place)

See Calah/Kalhu PGP .

Kamanate (place)

An Assyrian town on the Tigris PGP  river, location unknown.

Kanda (person)

"Pitcher, jar"; a West-Semitic name. Ruler in Anatolia; contemporary of Esarhaddon.

Karehi (person)

Meaning unknown. Grandfather of one Risiti-Baal PGP  who is mentioned in one of Esarhaddon's extispcy queries regarding Cyprus PGP .

Karibtu (place)

An Assyrian stronghold in the Zagros PGP  mountains, location unknown.

Karkar (deity)

A name of Tammuz PGP .

Kar-kašši (place)

A territory in the Zagros PGP  mountains, location unknown.

Kar-Mullissi (place)

A city in central Assyria, east of Nineveh PGP ; modern Keramlais. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/kar-mullissi_keramlais.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/kar-mullissi_keramlais.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Karzitali (place)

A city-state in the Zagros PGP  mountains, location unknown.

Kasappa (place)

An Assyrian town south of Kalhu PGP , now Tell Kashaf. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/kasappa.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/kasappa.kmz&t=k&z=15]

Kasasu (place)

A city in the Zagros PGP  mountains, location unknown.

Kaṣiru (person)

"The one who strengthens": Haruspex TT  at the royal court of Nineveh PGP , working for Esarhaddon.

Kassites (people)

[1] People who ruled Babylonia PGP  in the second half of the second millennium BC, and who founded Dur-Kurigalzu PGP ; [2] in the first millennium BC a population group in the Zagros PGP  mountains.

Kaštaritu (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the Iranian element "kingship". Ruler of Karkašši in Western Iran, an enemy of Assyria and contemporary of Esarhaddon.

Keni (person)

"My true one": Scribe of the crown prince TT  Assurbanipal and so renowned for his good handwriting that Esarhaddon's chief exorcist TT  Marduk-šakin-šumi PGP  praised the king's writing skills by predicting Keni's envy.

Khabur (place)

Tributary of the Euphrates PGP  river, whose source is in southeast Turkey and which flows southward, joining the Euphrates downstream of Deir ez-Zor in modern Syria.

Khorsabad (place)

See Dur-Šaruken PGP .

Kidney (heavenly body)

A star or constellation TT  in or near the Puppis constellation TT , possibly Canopus. View Canopus using Google Sky [~/downloads/canopus.kmz] | View Puppis using Google Sky [~/downloads/puppis.kmz] | View Puppis in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=-32d37m&lon=7h52m&z=1]

Kilizi (place)

A provincial capital of central Assyria, between Kalhu PGP  and Arbela PGP ; now Qasr Shamamok. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/kilizi_qasr_shamamok.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/kilizi_qasr_shamamok.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Kilman (place)

A city in the Zagros PGP  mountains, location unknown.

Kiš (place)

Babylonian city, modern Tell Ingharra. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/kish_tell_ingharra.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/kish_tell_ingharra.kmz&t=k&z=15]

Kišessim (place)

An Assyrian provincial capital in the Zagros PGP  mountains, renamed Kar-Nergal PGP ; perhaps modern Nagafabad. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/kisessim_nagafabad.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/kisessim_nagafabad.kmz&t=k&z=15]

Kiṣir-Aššur (person)

"Host of Aššur PGP ": Exorcist TT  working at Aššur's PGP  temple Ešarra PGP  in Assur PGP  and member of a prominent Assyrian scribal family; his private house containing his family's impressive library has been excavated in Assur. He assisted in procuring texts for Assurbanipal's library by copying the lexical list Ura = hubullu.

Kiṣir-Nabu (person)

"Host of Nabu PGP ": Exorcist TT  of the temple of Aššur PGP  at Assur PGP  under Assurbanipal, son of the exorcist TT  Šamaš-ibni.

Kitu (person)

Meaning unknown. A foreign ruler, an enemy of Assyria and a contemporary of Esarhaddon.

Kubaba (person)

Better: Ku-Baba "Baba is pure"; a Sumerian PGP  name. A legendary queen of Kiṣ in Babylonia; the birth of an anomaly with both male and female genitals is the omen of "Kubaba who ruled the land".

Kudurru (person)

"Son": This Babylonian scholar TT , said to be experienced in astrology and divination, and his son Bel-remanni PGP  were recommended to Esarhaddon for royal service; both are accepted into the king's entourage.

Kukkuba (place)

A territory in the Zagros PGP  mountains, location unknown.

Kulimmeri (place)

A northern Assyrian provincial capital, formerly in Šubria PGP ; Byzantine Chlomaron, probably now Gre Migro in modern Turkey. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/kulimmeri.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/kulimmeri.kmz&t=k&z=17]

Kullania (place)

An Assyrian provincial capital near the eastern Mediterranean coast; Biblical Calneh, now Tell Tayinat in modern Syria. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/kullania_tell_tayinat.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/kullania_tell_tayinat.kmz&t=k&z=16]

Kulu'u (person)

"(Emasculated)"> devotee": Artisan at Kalhu PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Kummayu (person)

"The one from Kumme": Assyrian crown prince TT , perhaps Assurbanipal.

Kunuš-kadru (place)

"Bow down, proud one!": Processional street of Babylon PGP .

Kurbail (place)

A provincial capital in central Assyria, close to Kalhu PGP  but whose exact location is unknown. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif]

Kurigalzu (person)

Meaning unknown; a Kassite PGP  name. Name of two ancient kings of Babylon PGP , of the Kassite PGP  dynasty, invoked by Bel-eriba PGP  when he experienced an oracular TT  seizure in 669 BC on the way to return the statue of Marduk PGP  to Babylon.

Kush (place)

See Cush/Kush PGP .

Kutha (place)

See Cush/Kush PGP .

Kuzurrak (person)

Meaning unknown. Possibly an Anatolian ruler; a contemporary of Esarhaddon.

Kuzzurrak (place)

A tribe inhabiting an unknown locality in modern Turkey; = Kuzurrak PGP ?

L

La-baši (person)

"May I not come to shame!": [1] Exorcist TT  who is recommended for royal service to Esarhaddon. [2] Customs director of the Assyrian empire under Assurbanipal; eponym TT  of the year 657 BC.

La-baši-ilu (person)

"May I not come to shame, o god!": Father of the Babylonian astrologer TT  Bel-ahhe-eriba PGP .

Labbanat (place)

A town in Babylonia PGP , near modern Baghdad, exact location unknown.

La-dagil-ili (person)

"The one who does not see the god": Prophet TT  from Arbela PGP , communicating the words of Ištar PGP  to Esarhaddon.

Lady (deity)

A designation of Ištar PGP  and other goddesses.

Lady of Akkad (deity)

The goddess Ištar PGP , as worshipped in the Babylonian city of Akkad PGP .

Lady of Arbela (deity)

The goddess Ištar PGP , as worshipped in the Assyrian city of Arbela PGP .

Lady of Babylon (deity)

A designation of Zarpanitu PGP .

Lady of Cults (deity)

Probably a name of the goddess Ištar PGP .

Lady of Der (deity)

A name of Ištar PGP .

Lady of Kidmuri (deity)

The goddess Ištar PGP , as worshipped in the Assyrian city of Kalhu PGP , in the temple Bet Kidmuri PGP .

Lady of Life (deity)

A name of the goddess Damkina PGP , spouse of the great god Ea PGP .

Lady of Nineveh (deity)

The goddess Ištar PGP , as worshipped in the Assyrian city of Nineveh PGP .

Lady of the Palace (deity)

Divine consort of the god Uraš.

Lady of Uruk (deity)

A name of Ištar PGP .

Lahiru (place)

An Assyrian provincial capital between the Lower Zab and Diyala rivers; perhaps now Eski Kifri. View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif] | View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/lahiru_eski_kifri.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/lahiru_eski_kifri.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Land of Akkad (place)

A literary name for Babylonia PGP , after its ancient capital, Akkad PGP .

Land of the Chief Cupbearer (place)

An Assyrian province in the mountain ranges northeast of Nineveh PGP . View map of Assyrian empire [~/images/essentials/assyrian-provinces.gif]

Larsa (place)

A city in southern Babylonia PGP ; now Sinkara. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/larsa_sinkara.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/larsa_sinkara.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Laṣ (deity)

The divine consort of the Underworld TT  Nergal PGP .

Latarak (deity)

An Underworld TT  demon TT , protective against witchcraft TT .

Lebanon (place)

A mountain range near the east coast of the Mediterranean, famous for its cedar forests.

Leo (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  near the path of the moon, between Cancer PGP  and Virgo PGP ; known in Assyria as "Lion". View Leo using Google Sky [~/downloads/leo.kmz] | View Leo in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=7d0m&lon=10h0m&z=1]

Libra (heavenly body)

A constellation TT  near the path of the moon, between Virgo PGP  and Scorpius PGP ; known in Assyria as "Scales". View Libra using Google Sky [~/downloads/libra.kmz] | View Libra in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourtel?lat=-15d33m&lon=15h11m&z=1]

Lisikutu (deity)

Divine fire.

Lord Crown/Lord of the Crown (heavenly body)

A name of the moongod Sin PGP  as the new moon.

Lower Zab (place)

Tributary of the Tigris PGP  river, whose source is in northwest Iran and which flows southwestwards, joining the Tigris about 30 km south of Assur PGP .

Luddin-ilu (place)

A town in central Assyria.

Lugalbanda (deity)

Deified ruler of Uruk PGP , father of Gilgameš PGP , originally worshipped in Uruk and later moved to Marduk PGP 's temple in Babylon PGP .

Lugalkursarri (person)

An ancient Sumerian PGP  king, whom Bel-ušezib PGP  quoted in a letter to the king, but who was not independently attested as a genuine historical figure.

Lugalmarada (deity)

The city god of Marad, in Babylonia PGP .

Lugalsula (deity)

Divine porter of the Underworld TT .

M

Malilatu (place)

City in central Babylonia near Babylon PGP .

Mamitiaršu (person)

Meaning unknown. Median PGP  ruler in western Iran, a contemporary of Esarhaddon.

Mamitu (deity)

"Oath", an Underworld TT  deity.

Manlaharbanu (deity)

A minor god.

Manna/Mannea (place)

A kingdom south of Lake Urmia, Biblical Minni.

Mannu-ki-[...] (person)

"Who is like [...]?": Assyrian military official active in Anatolia under Esarhaddon.

Mannu-ki-Arba'il (person)

"Who is like (Ištar PGP  of) Arbela PGP ?": Stone carver at Kalhu PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon

Mannu-ki-Harran (person)

"Who is like (the Lord of) Harran PGP ?": Astrologer TT  working for Assurbanipal.

Mannu-ki-Issar-le'i (person)

"Who is powerful like Ištar PGP ?": Working with Aššur-šallim-ahhe PGP  at Assurbanipal's reconstruction project of the Esaggil PGP  temple in Babylon PGP .

Manṣuati (place)

Capital city of an Assyrian province of the same name, situated in Northern Syria at modern Masyaf, 45 km southwest of Hama PGP . View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/mansuati_masyat.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/mansuati_masyat.kmz&t=k&z=18]

Marat-Eridu (deity)

"Daughter of Eridu", goddess originally worshipped at Eridu PGP  and later moved to Marduk PGP 's temple in Babylon PGP .

Marat-Sin (deity)

"Daughter of the moon god", goddess originally worshipped at Eridu PGP  and Nemed-Lagudu PGP  and later moved to Marduk PGP 's temple in Babylon PGP .

Marda-[...] (person)

Eunuch TT  and associate of Humbe PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Mardia (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the element "successor": Court clerk of Esarhaddon's chief eunuch TT , probably Aššur-naṣir PGP .

Marduk (deity)

The supreme god of Babylon PGP , where he was worshipped at the temple Esaggil PGP ; father of the god Nabu PGP  and consort of the goddess Zarpanitu PGP .

Marduk-apla-iddin (person)

"Marduk PGP  has given an heir"; Merodach-baladan of the Bible. King of the Sealand PGP  and twice proclaimed king of Babylon PGP  (r. 721-710 BC and again in 703); an arch-enemy of Assyria and a contemporary of Tiglath-pileser III, Sargon PGP  II and Sennacherib PGP .

Marduk-eriba (person)

"Marduk PGP  has replaced": Probably a temple official.

Marduk-nadin-ahhe (person)

"Marduk PGP  is the giver of brothers": King of Babylon PGP , of the Second Dynasty of Isin (r. 1099-1082 BC).

Marduk-šakin-šumi (person)

"Marduk PGP  is the establisher of the name": Exorcist TT  of the entourage of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal and author of more than forty letters and reports to these kings; Assurbanipal's chief exorcist TT  and in this function successor of Adad-šumu-uṣur PGP , with whom he worked closely in the earlier stage of his career.

Marduk-šallim-ahhe (person)

"O Marduk PGP , keep the brothers safe!": Cultic functionary of Aššur PGP 's temple Ešarra PGP  in Assur PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Marduk-šapik-zeri (person)

"Marduk PGP  is the outpourer of seed": King of Babylon PGP , of the Second Dynasty of Isin (r. 1081-1069 BC).

Marduk-šarru-uṣur (person)

"O Marduk PGP , protect the king!": Trusted royal courtier of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal, involved in the latter's wars against Elam PGP .

Marduk-šumu-ibni (person)

"Marduk PGP  has created a name": Haruspex TT  working for Esarhaddon.

Marduk-šumu-uṣur (person)

"O Marduk PGP , protect the name!": [1] Haruspex TT  in the service of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal and author of numerous reports and letters to these two kings; at least under Assurbanipal chief haruspex. [2] Astrologer TT  working for either Esarhaddon or Assurbanipal.

Marduk-zeru-ibni (person)

"Marduk has created a seed": Grandson of Eṭiru PGP  and, like he, a "temple enterer" of Marduk PGP 's temple in Babylon PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Mar-Issar (person)

"Son of Ištar PGP ": Esarhaddon's chief representative in Babylonia.

Mar-larim (person)

"May the son be exalted!": [1] Village manager from Barhalzi PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon. [2] Commander-in-chief TT  and governor of Kummuhi (Commagene PGP ) under Assurbanipal; eponym of the year 668 BC.

Mars (heavenly body)

Planet TT  known as "the red TT  one" and "the enemy", often identified with plague and with the Underworld TT  deity Nergal PGP . When bright it portended evil; when faint it portended prosperity and health. View in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Yourtel?aim=4&z=1]

Mazamua (place)

An Assyrian province and its capital city, modern Suleimaniya. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/mazamua_suleimaniya.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/mazamua_suleimaniya.kmz&t=k&z=16]

Media (place)

A region in the Zagros PGP  mountains of western Iran.

Melid (place)

A city, classical Melitene, now Arslantepe near modern Malatya in Turkey. View location using Google Earth [~/downloads/melid_arslantepe.kmz] | View location using Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/downloads/melid_arslantepe.kmz&t=k&z=14]

Mercury (heavenly body)

Planet TT  which appears in either morning or evening, known as "the jumping one" or "the wild sheep"; often identified with the gods Ninurta PGP  or Nabu PGP , and with the Assyrian crown prince TT . Its periodicity was not well understood in Neo-Assyrian times. View in YourSky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Yourtel?aim=1&z=1]

Meslamtaea (deity)

A name of Nergal PGP .

Mesu (place)

Region in the Zagros PGP  mountain range, famous for its horses.

Milki-ramu (person)

"The king is exalted", a West-Semitic name: Assurbanipal's chief tailor (a honorary title) and an army commander in the wars against Elam PGP .

Milqia (place)

Site in the close vicinity of Arbela PGP , housing the Palace of the Steppe PGP , the New Year TT  festival house of Ištar PGP  of Arbela.

Mita (person)

Meaning unknown. Anatolian ruler and contemporary of Esarhaddon; possibly a descendant of Mita, king of Muški (the Phrygian king Midas of the Greek sources), a contemporary of Sargon PGP  II.

Muati (deity)

A name of Nabu PGP .

Mugallu (person)

Meaning unknown. King of Melid PGP  and Tabal PGP  in Anatolia, an enemy of Assyria and a contemporary of Esarhaddon.

Muhra (deity)

An Underworld TT  god.

Mullissu (deity)

The divine consort of the supreme god Aššur PGP .

Mullissu-abu-uṣri (person)

"O Mullissu PGP , protect (fem.) the father!": Prophetess TT  during the reign of Esarhaddon, dispatched in royal service to Babylon PGP .

Mullissu-kabtat (person)

"Mullissu is honoured": Prophetess TT  communicating the words of Mullissu PGP  to crown prince TT  Assurbanipal.

Mummu (deity)

Cosmic consciousness.

Munnabitu (person)

"Fugitive": Babylonian astrologer TT  in the service of Esarhaddon and/or Assurbanipal.

Mutakkil-Aššur (person)

"The one who inspires trust is Aššur": Deputy priest of Aššur PGP 's temple at Assur PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Mutaqqin-Aššur (person)

"The one who keeps in order is Aššur" PGP : Member of a scribal family from Cutha PGP , son of Ea-nuhši-uṣur PGP , grandson of Šamaš-šumu-iddina PGP , great-grandson of Nabu-kabti-ahhešu PGP .

Muttabal (place)

A city in Babylonia PGP  according to literary sources; location unknown.

Mutu (person)

Meaning unknown. Possibly a Median PGP  ruler; a contemporary of Esarhaddon.

N

Na'id-Marduk (person)

"Marduk PGP  is praised": Governor of the Sealand PGP  under Esarhaddon; a son of Marduk-apla-iddin PGP  II, king of the Sealand PGP  and, on occasion, Babylon PGP ; brother of Nabu-zer-kitti-lišir PGP  whom he succeeded as governor of the Sealand PGP  after the latter's flight to Elam PGP .

Na'id-Šihu (person)

"Praised is Šihu": Military commander in an Assyrian historical epic.

Na'iri (place)

An archaic term for mountain lands, used for various regions in Anatolia and the Zagros PGP  mountain range.

Nabatea (people)

An Arab tribe, in Assyrian times active in northeastern Arabia PGP .

Nabu'a (person)

"My Nabu PGP ": Astrologer TT  working at Assur PGP  in the service of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal.

Nabu (deity)

God of wisdom and patron of scribes, son of the great Babylonian deity Marduk PGP .

Nabu-abu-da''in (person)

"O exorcist PGP , strengthen the father!": [1] Cook from Nineveh PGP . [2] A misreading of the name Ana-Nabu-atkal PGP .

Nabu-aha-ereš (person)

"Nabu PGP  has desired a brother": Mentioned in broken context in a report probably written by Bel-ušezib PGP .

Nabu-ahe-uballiṭ (person)

"O Nabu PGP , keep the brothers alive!": Haruspex TT  at the royal court of Nineveh PGP  in Esarhaddon's employ.

Nabu-ahhe-bulliṭ (person)

"O Nabu PGP , keep the brothers alive!": Babylonian connected to a temple theft at the Esaggil PGP  in Babylon PGP .

Nabu-ahhe-eriba (person)

"Nabu PGP  has replaced the brothers": Astrologer TT  at the royal court of Nineveh PGP  in the service of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal and author of numerous letters and reports to these kings, often together with Balasi PGP .

Nabu-ahhe-iddina (person)

"Nabu PGP  has given brothers": Babylonian astrologer TT  from Dilbat PGP , working for Esarhaddon.

Nabu-ahhe-šallim (person)

"O Nabu PGP , keep the brothers safe!": [1] Scholar TT  working for either Esarhaddon or Assurbanipal, known from only one letter. [2] City official at Assur PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Nabu-apla-iddina (person)

"Nabu PGP  has given me an heir": Falsely accused by Aššur-eṭir PGP  of killing his servants, he was later rehabilitated.

Nabu-ašared (person)

"exorcist PGP  is foremost": [1] Temple official at Aššur PGP 's temple at Assur PGP . [2] Babylonian connected to a temple theft at the Esaggil PGP  in Babylon PGP .

Nabu-balassu-iqbi (person)

"exorcist PGP  has commanded his life": Priest of Ninurta PGP  'stemple at Kalhu PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Nabu-bani-ahhe (person)

"exorcist PGP  is the creator of brothers": One of Esarhaddon's officials in Babylonia.

Nabu-bel-šumate (person)

"Nabu PGP  is the lord of names": Governor of the Sealand PGP  under Šamaš-šumu-ukin PGP , king of Babylon PGP , and his ally against Assurbanipal in the war of 652-648 BC; grandson of Marduk-apla-iddin PGP  II, king of the Sealand and, on occasion, Babylon; son of either Nabu-zer-kitti-lišir PGP  or his brother Na'id-Marduk PGP , Nabu-bel-šumate's predecessors as governor of the Sealand. After he sided with Šamaš-šumu-ukin Assurbanipal considered him one of his arch enemies and relentlessly pressured Elam PGP , where Nabu-bel-šumate had found temporary refuge, for his extradition. After the trapped Nabu-bel-šumate commited assisted suicide (by commanding his groom to kill him), the king of Elam, Umman-aldaš, had his corpse packed in salt and sent to Assurbanipal, who mutilated the body in a public spectacle.

Nabu-belu-uṣur (person)

"O Nabu PGP , protect the Lord PGP !": Governor of the province of Dur-Šarruken PGP  under Esarhaddon; eponym TT  of the year 672 BC.

Nabu-bessunu (person)

"exorcist PGP  is their lord": Exorcist TT  and high priest of the Aššur PGP  temple, member of a scribal family from Assur PGP , father of the exorcist TT  Kiṣir-Aššur PGP  and son of Babu PGP -šumu-ibni.

Nabu-duru-uṣur (person)

"O Nabu PGP , protect the fortress!": Mentioned in a fragmentary letter concerned with the royal tombs.

Nabu-epuš (person)

"exorcist PGP  has made": Lamenter TT  and priest of Ea PGP  accused of theft in the temple of Ištar PGP  of Arbela PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Nabu-eriba (person)

"Nabu PGP  has replaced": [1] Horse groom of Esarhaddon's delegate at Babylon PGP . [2] Babylonian astrologer TT  working for Esarhaddon and/or Assurbanipal. [3] lamentation priest TT  of Ninurta PGP 's temple in Kalhu PGP .

Nabu-eṭir (person)

"Nabu PGP  has saved": [1] Official at Aššur PGP 's temple in Assur PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon. [2] Father of Kalbu PGP , the chief scribe during the reign of Sennacherib PGP .

Nabu-eṭir-napšati (person)

"Nabu PGP  is the one who saves lives": Son of an anonymous Babylonian astrologer TT  who worked for Esarhaddon and/or Assurbanipal and who hoped to see his son, too, enter royal service.

Nabu-gamil (person)

"Nabu PGP  is merciful": Exorcist TT  at the royal court of Nineveh PGP  in Esarhaddon's service.

Nabu-hussanni (person)

"O exorcist PGP , remember me!": Prophet TT  from Assur PGP , communicating the words of the goddesses [Mullissu PGP  and Ištar PGP  of Arbela PGP ] to Esarhaddon.

Nabu-iddina (person)

"exorcist PGP  has given": High temple official at Cutha PGP .

Nabu-ina-teši-eṭir (person)

"Nabu PGP  has saved from confusion": Mentioned in broken context in a letter of the exorcist TT  Urad-Gula PGP  to king Esarhaddon.

Nabu-iqbi (person)

"Nabu PGP  has said": Babylonian astrologer TT  from Cutha PGP , working for Assurbanipal and the author of numerous letters and reports to this king.

Nabu-iqiša (person)

"Nabu PGP  has granted": Babylonian astrologer TT  from Borsippa PGP  in the service of Esarhaddon.

Nabu-kabti-ahhešu (person)

"exorcist PGP  is the most honoured among his brothers": Member of a scribal family from Cutha PGP , ancestor of Šamaš-šumu-iddina PGP , Ea-nuhši-uṣur PGP  and Mutaqqin-Aššur PGP .

Nabu-killanni (person)

O Nabu PGP , hold me!": Chief cupbearer TT  under Esarhaddon and/or Assurbanipal.

Nabu-kudurri-uṣur (person)

"O Nabu PGP , protect my heir!": [1] Nabu-kudurri-uṣur I (usually referred to as Nebuchadnezzar), ancient king of Babylon PGP  (r. 1125-1104 BC), of the Second Dynasty of Isin; immortalised in a omen series called "When Nebuchadnezzar smashed Elam PGP ". [2] Babylonian lamenter TT  recommended for royal service to Esarhaddon.

Nabu-le'i (person)

"Nabu PGP  is almighty": Royal bodyguard entrusted with transporting jewellery of king Esarhaddon's mother Naqi'a PGP .

Nabu-le'uti (person)

"Nabu PGP  is my power": Exorcist TT  at Nineveh PGP , a possible candidate to replace the sick Remuttu PGP  in Esarhaddon's service; also the father of an exorcist TT  in training.

Nabu-mušeṣi (person)

"Nabu PGP  is the one who releases": [1] Temple scribe from Nineveh PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon. [2] Astrologer TT  at the royal court of Nineveh PGP , working for Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal and author of numerous letters and reports to both kings. [3] Son of Nabu-reši-išši PGP , member of Ištar PGP 's temple at Arbela PGP .

Nabu-nadin-apli (person)

"exorcist PGP  is the giver of an heir": [1] Temple guard at Ištar PGP 's temple in Arbela PGP , during the reign of Assurbanipal. [2] Priest's assistant.

Nabu-nadin-šumi (person)

"Nabu PGP  is the giver of the name": [1] Exorcist TT  at the royal court in the service of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. [2] Brother of Nergal-šarrani PGP , possibly identical with [1].

Nabu-naṣir (person)

"Nabu PGP  is protector": [1] Exorcist TT  at the royal court in the service of Esarhaddon. [2] Chief administrator ("prelate TT ") of the temple Eanna in Uruk PGP  during the early reign of Esarhaddon; predecessor of Itti-Marduk-balaṭu PGP .

Nabu-reši-išši (person)

"exorcist PGP  has lifted my head": Father of Nabu-mušeṣi PGP , member of Ištar PGP 's temple at Arbela PGP .

Nabu-riba-ahu (person)

see Nabu-tartiba-uṣur PGP .

Nabu-šabši (person)

"O Nabu PGP , bring into being!": Haruspex TT  at the royal court of Nineveh PGP  in the service of Esarhaddon.

Nabu-šallim (person)

"O Nabu PGP , keep safe!": Haruspex TT  at the royal court of Nineveh PGP  in the service of Esarhaddon.

Nabu-šallim-ahhe (person)

"O exorcist PGP , keep the brothers safe!": Temple official from Nineveh PGP .

Nabu-šallimšunu (person)

"O exorcist PGP , keep them safe!": High official at Nineveh PGP .

Nabu-šarru-ka''in (person)

Better: Nabu-šarru-ukin "Nabu PGP  has established the king firmly": Mentioned in the context of various appointments reported on by Bel-ušezib PGP  to Esarhaddon.

Nabu-šarru-uṣur (person)

"O Nabu PGP , protect the king!": [1] Military strategist TT  of Esarhaddon. [2] Chief eunuch TT  of Assurbanipal; eponym TT  of a year in the latter half of Assurbanipal's reign. [3] Tracker under the command of Aššur-hamatu'a PGP  during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Nabu-šuma-iddin (person)

"Nabu PGP  has given a name": [1] "Mayor" of Nabu's temple Ezida PGP  in Kalhu PGP  under Esarhaddon; also known as Nadinu PGP . [2] Astrologer TT  from Nineveh PGP  and the head of a collegium of ten astrologers ("commander-of-ten TT ") working for Esarhaddon.

Nabu-šuma-iškun (person)

"Nabu PGP  has provided a name": [1] Babylonian astrologer TT  in Esarhaddon's service. [2] A potential enemy of Assyria who may have been in league with Esarhaddon's arch-enemy Kaštaritu PGP .

Nabu-šumu-lešir (person)

"O Nabu PGP , let the name prosper!": Exorcist TT  and nephew of the exorcist TT  Zakir PGP , both in the service of Esarhaddon.

Nabu-tabni-uṣur (person)

"O Nabu PGP , you have created [a son, now] protect [him]!": A scholar TT  in the service of Esarhaddon, probably an exorcist TT  like his colleague Nabu-riba-ahu PGP .

Nabu-tartiba-ahu (person)

see Nabu-tartiba-uṣur PGP .

Nabu-tartiba-uṣur (person)

"O exorcist PGP , you have replaced, now protect!": Exorcist TT  suggested to Esarhaddon as a replacement for the sick Remuttu PGP ; a colleague of Nabu-tabni-uṣur PGP .

Nabu-uṣalli (person)

"I prayed to Nabu PGP ": Servant of the Babylonian Ṣillaya PGP  who plotted against Esarhaddon's rule.

Nabu-ušallim (person)

"Nabu PGP  has kept in good health": Haruspex TT  at the royal court of Nineveh PGP  in Esarhaddon's service.

Nabu-zer-kitti-lišir (person)

"O Nabu PGP , let the seed of truth prosper!": [1] Governor of the Sealand PGP  under Esarhaddon; a son of Marduk-apla-iddin PGP  II, king of the Sealand and, on occasion, Babylon PGP  and brother of Na'id-Marduk PGP , who succeeded him as governor of the Sealand after he rebelled against Assyria and had to escape to Elam PGP  where he met his death. [2] Temple functionary from Nineveh PGP .

Nabu-zeru-ibni (person)

"Nabu PGP  has created offspring": [1] A member of the Babylonian Bit-Ibaya PGP  tribe, executed in the reign of Esarhaddon. [2] Temple official from Assur PGP  during Assurbanipal's reign.

Nabu-zeru-iddina (person)

"Nabu PGP  has given offspring": Lamenter TT  in Assurbanipal's service, with the official title "lamenter TT  of Sin PGP  and the king"; a member of a famous family of Assyrian lamenters.

Nabu-zeru-lešir (person)

"O Nabu PGP , let the offspring prosper!": Esarhaddon's chief scribe and member of a prominent Assyrian scribal family. His brother was the chief exorcist TT  Adad-šumu-uṣur PGP  and his son the astrologer TT  Issar-šumu-ereš PGP  who succeeded him in the office of chief scribe.

Nadin-ahhe (person)

"Giver of brothers": Babylonian exorcist TT  in Esarhaddon's service, working under the chief exorcist TT  Marduk-šakin-šumi PGP .

Nadin-ahi (person)

See also Nadin-ahhe PGP . "Giver of a brother": Temple enterer of Marduk PGP 's temple at Babylon PGP , brother of Ina-qibi-Bel PGP , during the reign of Esarhaddon.

Nadin-apli (person)

"Giver of the heir": Priest of Šamaš PGP 's temple in Assur PGP  during the reign of Esarhaddon and/or Assurbanipal; father of Zari PGP .

Nadin-Aššur (person)

Better: Iddin-Aššur "Aššur has given": Official of Aššur PGP 's temple at Assur PGP .

Nadin-Ea (person)

see Iddin-Ea PGP .

Nadinu (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the element "to give": [1] Haruspex TT  at the royal court of Nineveh PGP  in Esarhaddon's service. [2] Nickname of Nabu-šuma-iddin PGP  of Nabu's temple Ezida PGP  in Kalhu PGP .

Namtar (deity)

"Fate", an Underworld TT  god.

Namtartu (deity)

An Underworld TT  goddess, consort of Namtar PGP .

Nanaya (deity)

A name of Issar/Ištar PGP  in her aspect as goddess of love.

Naprušu (deity)

Assyrian version of the name of the Elamite god Napiriša.

Naqi'a (person)

"The pure one"; a West-Semitic name; also called Zakutu, which is the same name in Akkadian. Wife of Sennacherib PGP , mother of Esarhaddon PGP  and grandmother of, among others, Assurbanipal PGP . See Royal family. View family tree [~/images/essentials/royalfamily/assyrian-royal-family.gif].

Nartu (place)

A territory in the Zagros PGP  mountains, around the city of Harhar PGP .

Naṣiru (person)

Abbreviation of a name containing the element "to protect": Haruspex TT  at the royal court of Nineveh PGP  in the service of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal and a close collaborator of the chief haruspex Marduk-šumu-uṣur PGP .

Nasqat (person)

Woman of the Bit-Ibaya PGP , during the reign of Assurbanipal.

Nazia (person)

Meaning unknown, probably Elamite. Eunuch TT  involved in Assurbanipal's war against Elam PGP .

Necho (person)

"The one to whom belongs a Ka"; an Egyptian PGP  name. Ruler of Sais in the Nile Delta, installed by Esarhaddon and later Assurbanipal as pharaoh of Egypt PGP ; father and predecessor of Psammetikh I, the founder of Egypt's 26th dynasty.

Nedu (deity)

Divine porter of the Underworld TT .

Nemed-Lagudu (place)

City in southern Babylonia, exact location unknown.

Nemetti-šarri (place)

City in Babylonia.

Nergal (deity)

God of destructive force and animal instincts; lord of the Underworld TT ; often identified with the planet TT  Mars PGP .

Nergal-ašared (person)

"Nergal PGP  is foremost": An enemy of Esarhaddon who conspired against the king in Mannea PGP .

Nergal-belu-uṣur (person)

"O Nergal PGP , protect the lord!": Chief cook from Assur PGP .

Nergal-eṭir (person)

"Nergal