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Girra), patron of metalworkers and purification, with earliest attestations in Early Dynastic III administrative texts from Fara and Telloh.", "SRC_ORACC", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_GILGAMESH", "PER_MES_EARLY", "medium", "Gilgamesh appears in the Sumerian king list as a king of Uruk in the Early Dynastic period (c. 2700 BCE); Sumerian Gilgamesh poems date to c. 2100-2000 BCE (Ur III period)", "SRC_ETCSL", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_GULA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_GUNURA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Daughter of Ninisina and Pabilsag and sister of the dying healer-god Damu, attested as part of the Isin healing-goddess circle.", "SRC_ORACC", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_HENDURSAGA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Divine night-watchman and 'chief herald,' attested in the Lagash pantheon from the Early Dynastic period and later equated with Akkadian Ishum.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_IGALIMA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Son of Ningirsu and Bau, the divine 'door of the throne-room'/E-ninnu, receiving offerings already in Early Dynastic Lagash and named on the Gudea cylinders.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Inanna is attested in the Fara god-lists and in proto-cuneiform from Uruk; the cuneiform sign for Inanna (the gate-post or reed bundle) is among the oldest written symbols; she is the primary deity of Uruk, the first city", "SRC_ETCSL", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_ISHARA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_ISHTARAN", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_ISIMUD", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_KULLA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_LAHAR", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_LISIN", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Originally a goddess addressed as 'mother,' the final deity praised in the Early Dynastic Zame Hymns as tutelary of Abu Salabikh; daughter of Shulpae and Ninhursag.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_LUGALBANDA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_LUGALIRRA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_LUGAL_MARADA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "City god of Marad, sometimes a manifestation of Ninurta; subject of one of the Temple Hymns, with cult attested from the 3rd millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_LULAL", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_MESLAMTAEA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_MES_SANGA_UNUG", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Warrior god of Uruk's Kullaba district, 'great ensi of Inanna,' belonging to the earliest Uruk pantheon and named in the Early Dynastic Zame Hymns.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_MUSHDAMMA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NAMMU", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Nammu is attested in the earliest Sumerian theological compositions; her Eridu theology predates the systematic Nippur tradition; she represents the oldest stratum of Sumerian cosmogony at Eridu (Enki's city)", "SRC_ETCSL", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NAMTAR", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NANAYA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Nanna (the moon god) is attested in the Fara god-lists and in Early Dynastic royal inscriptions from Ur; his temple e-ki\u0161-nu-g\u00e1l at Ur is one of the earliest documented temples", "SRC_ETCSL", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NANSHE", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NERGAL", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Nergal (the underworld and war deity) is attested in the Fara god-lists; his city Cutha (Kutha) was one of the major Early Dynastic cult centers", "SRC_ETCSL", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NETI", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINAZU", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINDARA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Local Lagash god and husband of Nanshe, attested in the Early Dynastic Lagash pantheon; Selz regards him as elder brother of Hendursaga.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINEGAL", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "'Lady of the Palace' (Akk. Belet-ekallim); oldest attestation is the Early Dynastic Fara god list, later guardian of the royal dynasty across Mesopotamia, Mari and the Hittite world.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINGIRIMA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Major Early Dynastic incantation goddess and divine purifier associated with snakes and sacred-water basins, central to the earliest Sumerian magical tradition.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINGIRSU", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINGISHZIDA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINGUBLAGA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINHURSAG", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Ninhursag (also Ninmah, Nintu, Ki; \"Lady of the Sacred Mountain\") is attested in the Fara god-lists as the mother goddess; she is one of the four principal Sumerian deities (Anu, Enlil, Enki, Ninhursag) of the Early Dynastic canon", "SRC_ETCSL", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINILDU", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Divine carpenter worshiped at Zabalam, attested in the god lists from Abu Salabikh and Fara and in the Early Dynastic Zame Hymns.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINIMMA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Divine scholar/scribe and courtier of Enlil who also assisted at birth; attested among the early Nippur circle and in Enki and Ninmah.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINIRIGAL", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Tutelary goddess of Uruk's Kullaba district, counted among the chief deities praised in the opening Early Dynastic hymns.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINISINA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "'Lady of Isin,' great divine physician first attested in the Fara god lists of the Early Dynastic IIIa period; wife of Pabilsag, later syncretized with Gula.", "SRC_ORACC", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINKASI", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINKURRA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Divine artisan/sculptor of the Enki\u2013Ninhursag generative sequence, mother of Uttu in the Dilmun myth tradition.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINLIL", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Ninlil attested at Nippur from the Early Dynastic period; the Enlil and Ninlil myth preserved in Ur III copies but composed earlier; her presence in the Nippur theological tradition goes back to the earliest literate period", "SRC_ETCSL", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINMUG", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Divine metalworker/sculptor ('tibira kalamma') and birth-helper of Ninmah, attested in the Early Dynastic Fara god list with cult at Kisiga and Adab.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINNIGARA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Goddess of the ni\u011dar (a birth/temple precinct) linked to birth and healing, attested in the Fara god list and the Early Dynastic Zame Hymns.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINSHAR", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Goddess of the Enki\u2013Ninhursag and Enki\u2013Ninmah birth-helper circle; the theophoric name Ur-Nin\u0161ar is common in Early Dynastic and Ur III sources.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINSHUBUR", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINSIANNA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINSIKILA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Spouse of Lisin, male in Early Dynastic sources (Zame Hymns) before a later gender reversal; distinct from the homophonous Dilmunite goddess Meskilak.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINTI", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "'Lady of the rib/life,' one of the eight healing deities born of Ninhursag in the Dilmun myth; attested near Ninkasi in a Fara-period document.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINTINUGGA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINURA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Goddess of the Umma region and wife of Shara, attested only in third-millennium sources before being displaced by Inanna of Zabalam.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINURTA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Ninurta (warrior deity; son of Enlil; later also an agriculture deity) is attested in the Fara god-lists and in Early Dynastic hymns; Lugale, one of the most important Sumerian mythological texts, is attested in Ur III copies but reflects earlier tradition", "SRC_ETCSL", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NIN_MARKI", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Divine protector of cattle and oath-deity in the Lagash pantheon, daughter of Nanshe and Nindara, with chief cult center at the sea-port Guabba; attested in Early Dynastic Lagash.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NIRAH", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Serpent god and messenger of Ishtaran of Der, depicted as a snake; worship attested from the late Early Dynastic period.", "SRC_ORACC", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NISABA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Nisaba (goddess of grain, writing, and scribal arts) is attested from the Early Dynastic period in school texts and god-lists; she is the patron of the scribal tradition from its earliest documented phase", "SRC_ETCSL", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NUMUSHDA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NUNGAL", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Goddess of prisons and divine sifter of the guilty from the innocent, a daughter-in-law of Enlil whose name is attested already in the Early Dynastic period.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NUSKA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_PABILSAG", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_PANIGINGARRA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Son of Ninhursag and Shulpae worshiped at Adab and associated with his brother Ashgi; attested from the Early Dynastic period and later equated with Ninurta.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_SHAKKAN", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_SHARA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "A", "Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic\u2013Ur III literary tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_SHULPAE", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_SHULSHAGA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Eldest son of Ningirsu and Bau and elder brother of Igalima, attested receiving offerings in Early Dynastic Lagash documents.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_SHUL_UTULA", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "'Youngling shepherd,' personal god of the Ur-Nanshe dynasty of Lagash, named in Early Dynastic royal inscriptions of Eannatum and Entemena.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_SIRSIR", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_TISHPAK", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_UTTU", "PER_MES_EARLY", "B", "Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_UTU_SHAMASH", "PER_MES_EARLY", "high", "Utu (the sun god) is attested in the Fara god-lists and in the earliest Sumerian royal inscriptions; 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