A depiction of Ishtar as an armed warrior on an Akkadian seal, 2350–2150 BCE. The warlike aspect of Ishtar, "Ishtar Annunitum," developed into a separate goddess in the late third millennium BCE.
Major cult center
Akkad, Sippar-Amnanum
Annunitum (ð’€ð’‰¡ð’‰Œð’Œˆ; also romanized as AnunÄ«tu[1]) was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with warfare. She was initially an epithet of Ishtar of Akkad exemplifying her warlike aspect, but by the late third millennium BCE she came to function as a distinct deity. She was the tutelary goddess of the cities of Akkad and Sippar-Amnanum, though she was also worshiped elsewhere in Mesopotamia.
Annunitum (ð’€ð’‰¡ð’‰Œð’Œˆ; also romanized as AnunÄ«tu) was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with warfare. She was initially an epithet of Ishtar of Akkad exemplifying...
which Szarkaliszarri laid the foundations of the temples of the goddess Annunitum and of the god Aba in Babylon and when he defeated Szarlak, king of Gutium"...
religious quarters of Babylon, containing the Esagil temple and the temple of Annunitum among others, was also named Eridu. Eridu is one of the earliest settlements...
king Šar-kali-šarri laying the foundations in Babylon of new temples for Annūnı̄tum and Ilaba. Babylon also appears in the administrative records of the Third...
offering lists including the local dynasty's tutelary deity Itūr-Mēr, Annunitum, Nergal, Shamash, Ea, Ninhursag, Addu (Hadad) and Belet Ekalli (Ninegal)...
temple complex of Annunitum. It is known from a document stating that a number of officials, including the sanga priest of Annunitum, were responsible...
of Aphrodite, was a calque for Antu. Anunītu Agade and Sippar-Amnanum Annunitum ("the martial one") was initially an epithet of Ishtar, but later a separate...
which Szarkaliszarri laid the foundations of the temples of the goddess Annunitum and of the god Aba in Babylon and when he defeated Szarlak, king of Gutium"...
researchers often compare Anat to deities such as the Mesopotamian Inanna and Annunitum and the Hurrian Šauška. However, Jo Ann Hackett critically evaluated presenting...
a hypostasis of "Inanna as quintessence of womanhood," similar to how Annunitum represented her as a warrior. However, Joan Goodnick Westenholz argued...
she is one of the most commonly referenced goddesses, next to Ishtar, Annunitum, Ninsianna, Gula and Aya. In a New Year (akitu) ritual from Babylon presumed...
reign of Naram-Sin, he often appears alongside another warlike deity, Annunitum, who is designated as the one "leading the troops of the city of Ilaba"...
Hanish: "I swear by Umu (deified day), by Shamash, by Ishtar, by Ilaba and Annunitum, by the warriors Shullat and Hanish, this is not lies, it is true." They...
appearances in them is lower than that of popular deities, such as Ishtar, Annunitum, Aya, Ninsianna or Gula, and comparable to Ninmug's, Ninkarrak's or Ninegal's...
Several kings of Kisurra are known: Itur-Szamasz (who built the temples of Annunitum, Enki, and Adad), Manabaltiel (who built the temple of Ninurta and was...
records of offerings being made to her alongside Inanna, Ninegal and Annunitum. According to Miguel Civil, it is unlikely that the Ekur mentioned in...
named Ur-Baba. In the Ur III period there was a shrine to the goddess Annunitum at Eresh. Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon of Akkad, the first ruler of...
appears less often than the most popular goddesses (Ishtar, Ninsianna, Aya, Annunitum, Sarpanit, Gula) but more commonly than Ninlil or Nanshe. Old Assyrian...
Nisaba, though less often than the most popular goddesses, such as Ishtar, Annunitum or Aya. Seals inscribed with the formula "servant of Ashnan" or "servant...
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