deitydb: entity_periods: 89 rows where period_id = "PER_MES

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

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89 rows where period_id = "PER_MES_EARLY"

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Link	entity_id	period_id	confidence	rationale	source_id	review_status
ENT_MES_ADAD_ISHKUR,PER_MES_EARLY	Adad/Ishkur ENT_MES_ADAD_ISHKUR	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Adad/Ishkur (the storm deity) is attested in the Fara god-lists as Ishkur; his Akkadian name Adad develops later but the Sumerian Ishkur cult is Early Dynastic; he is the son of Anu in some traditions	SRC_ETCSL	reviewed
ENT_MES_AMURRU,PER_MES_EARLY	Amurru ENT_MES_AMURRU	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_ANU,PER_MES_EARLY	Anu ENT_MES_ANU	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Anu (An) is attested in the earliest Sumerian god-lists (Fara period, c. 2600 BCE) as the supreme sky deity; the sign AN is among the earliest proto-cuneiform symbols from Uruk IV (c. 3200 BCE)	SRC_ETCSL	reviewed
ENT_MES_ASAG,PER_MES_EARLY	Asag ENT_MES_ASAG	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_ASHGI,PER_MES_EARLY	Ashgi ENT_MES_ASHGI	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Warrior god and original tutelary of Adab, son of Ninhursag and Shulpae, already named in Early Dynastic sources from Fara and the Kesh Temple Hymn.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_ASHNAN,PER_MES_EARLY	Ezina-Ashnan ENT_MES_ASHNAN	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_BAU,PER_MES_EARLY	Bau ENT_MES_BAU	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_DAGAN,PER_MES_EARLY	Dagan ENT_MES_DAGAN	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_DAMU,PER_MES_EARLY	Damu ENT_MES_DAMU	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_DUMUZI_ABZU,PER_MES_EARLY	Dumuzi-abzu ENT_MES_DUMUZI_ABZU	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Tutelary goddess of Kinunir near Lagash (also called Kinirša), a female counterpart to Dumuzi attested in the Early Dynastic Lagash state pantheon.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_DUMUZI_TAMMUZ,PER_MES_EARLY	Dumuzi/Tammuz ENT_MES_DUMUZI_TAMMUZ	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Dumuzi appears in the Sumerian king list as a historical king of Uruk (ante-diluvian section); he is attested in the Fara god-lists; the Inanna-Dumuzi love poetry is among the earliest Sumerian literary compositions	SRC_ETCSL	reviewed
ENT_MES_ENBILULU,PER_MES_EARLY	Enbilulu ENT_MES_ENBILULU	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_ENKI_EA,PER_MES_EARLY	Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Enki (En-ki = "Lord Earth"; Ea in Akkadian) is attested at Eridu from the earliest literate period; his city Eridu is among the oldest Sumerian cities; the Eridu theology is the oldest recoverable Mesopotamian cosmogonic tradition	SRC_ETCSL	reviewed
ENT_MES_ENLIL,PER_MES_EARLY	Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Enlil is attested in the Fara god-lists (c. 2600 BCE) and in the earliest royal inscriptions as the chief deity of Nippur and the divine authority over kingship; one of the most frequently attested Early Dynastic deities	SRC_ETCSL	reviewed
ENT_MES_ENNUGI,PER_MES_EARLY	Ennugi ENT_MES_ENNUGI	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL,PER_MES_EARLY	Ereshkigal ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Ereshkigal is attested in the Fara god-lists and in Early Dynastic texts as the queen of the underworld; the Descent of Inanna tradition (attested in Ur III copies) preserves Early Dynastic cosmological thinking	SRC_ETCSL	reviewed
ENT_MES_GATUMDUG,PER_MES_EARLY	Gatumdug ENT_MES_GATUMDUG	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Tutelary goddess of Lagash described metaphorically as its mother in Early Dynastic sources, later honored by Gudea who called her his mother and father.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_GESHTINANNA,PER_MES_EARLY	Geshtinanna ENT_MES_GESHTINANNA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Geshtinanna (divine sister of Dumuzi; scribe of the underworld) appears in Early Dynastic Sumerian texts; her role in the Inanna-Dumuzi myth cycle is established in the earliest Sumerian literary tradition	SRC_ETCSL	reviewed
ENT_MES_GIBIL_GIRRA,PER_MES_EARLY	Gibil ENT_MES_GIBIL_GIRRA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Fire god (Akk. 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	Gilgamesh ENT_MES_GILGAMESH	Early Mesopotamian 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	Gula ENT_MES_GULA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_GUNURA,PER_MES_EARLY	Gunura ENT_MES_GUNURA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Hendursaga ENT_MES_HENDURSAGA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Igalima ENT_MES_IGALIMA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ishara ENT_MES_ISHARA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_ISHTARAN,PER_MES_EARLY	Ishtaran ENT_MES_ISHTARAN	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_ISIMUD,PER_MES_EARLY	Isimud ENT_MES_ISIMUD	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_KULLA,PER_MES_EARLY	Kulla ENT_MES_KULLA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_LAHAR,PER_MES_EARLY	Lahar ENT_MES_LAHAR	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_LISIN,PER_MES_EARLY	Lisin ENT_MES_LISIN	Early Mesopotamian 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	Lugalbanda ENT_MES_LUGALBANDA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_LUGALIRRA,PER_MES_EARLY	Lugal-irra ENT_MES_LUGALIRRA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Lugal-Marada ENT_MES_LUGAL_MARADA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Lulal ENT_MES_LULAL	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_MESLAMTAEA,PER_MES_EARLY	Meslamta-ea ENT_MES_MESLAMTAEA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Mes-sanga-Unug ENT_MES_MES_SANGA_UNUG	Early Mesopotamian 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	Mushdamma ENT_MES_MUSHDAMMA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_NAMMU,PER_MES_EARLY	Nammu ENT_MES_NAMMU	Early Mesopotamian 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	Namtar ENT_MES_NAMTAR	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_NANAYA,PER_MES_EARLY	Nanaya ENT_MES_NANAYA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN,PER_MES_EARLY	Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN	Early Mesopotamian 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-kiš-nu-gál at Ur is one of the earliest documented temples	SRC_ETCSL	reviewed
ENT_MES_NANSHE,PER_MES_EARLY	Nanshe ENT_MES_NANSHE	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_NERGAL,PER_MES_EARLY	Nergal ENT_MES_NERGAL	Early Mesopotamian 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	Neti ENT_MES_NETI	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_NINAZU,PER_MES_EARLY	Ninazu ENT_MES_NINAZU	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_NINDARA,PER_MES_EARLY	Nindara ENT_MES_NINDARA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ninegal ENT_MES_NINEGAL	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ningirima ENT_MES_NINGIRIMA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ningirsu ENT_MES_NINGIRSU	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_NINGISHZIDA,PER_MES_EARLY	Ningishzida ENT_MES_NINGISHZIDA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_NINGUBLAGA,PER_MES_EARLY	Ningublaga ENT_MES_NINGUBLAGA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_NINHURSAG,PER_MES_EARLY	Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ninildu ENT_MES_NINILDU	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ninimma ENT_MES_NINIMMA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ninirigal ENT_MES_NINIRIGAL	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ninisina ENT_MES_NINISINA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ninkasi ENT_MES_NINKASI	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_NINKURRA,PER_MES_EARLY	Ninkurra ENT_MES_NINKURRA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Divine artisan/sculptor of the Enki–Ninhursag generative sequence, mother of Uttu in the Dilmun myth tradition.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_NINLIL,PER_MES_EARLY	Ninlil ENT_MES_NINLIL	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ninmug ENT_MES_NINMUG	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ninnigara ENT_MES_NINNIGARA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Goddess of the niĝar (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	Ninshar ENT_MES_NINSHAR	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Goddess of the Enki–Ninhursag and Enki–Ninmah birth-helper circle; the theophoric name Ur-Ninšar is common in Early Dynastic and Ur III sources.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_NINSHUBUR,PER_MES_EARLY	Ninshubur ENT_MES_NINSHUBUR	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_NINSIANNA,PER_MES_EARLY	Ninsianna ENT_MES_NINSIANNA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_NINSIKILA,PER_MES_EARLY	Ninsikila ENT_MES_NINSIKILA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ninti ENT_MES_NINTI	Early Mesopotamian 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	Nintinugga ENT_MES_NINTINUGGA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_NINURA,PER_MES_EARLY	Ninura ENT_MES_NINURA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Ninurta ENT_MES_NINURTA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Nin-MAR.KI ENT_MES_NIN_MARKI	Early Mesopotamian 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	Nirah ENT_MES_NIRAH	Early Mesopotamian 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	Nisaba ENT_MES_NISABA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Numushda ENT_MES_NUMUSHDA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_NUNGAL,PER_MES_EARLY	Nungal ENT_MES_NUNGAL	Early Mesopotamian 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	Nuska ENT_MES_NUSKA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_PABILSAG,PER_MES_EARLY	Pabilsag ENT_MES_PABILSAG	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_PANIGINGARRA,PER_MES_EARLY	Panigingarra ENT_MES_PANIGINGARRA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Shakkan ENT_MES_SHAKKAN	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_SHARA,PER_MES_EARLY	Shara ENT_MES_SHARA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_MES_SHULPAE,PER_MES_EARLY	Shul-pa-e ENT_MES_SHULPAE	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_SHULSHAGA,PER_MES_EARLY	Shulshaga ENT_MES_SHULSHAGA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Shul-utula ENT_MES_SHUL_UTULA	Early Mesopotamian 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	Sirsir ENT_MES_SIRSIR	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_TISHPAK,PER_MES_EARLY	Tishpak ENT_MES_TISHPAK	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	B	Sumerian/early Mesopotamian deity attested from the third millennium.	SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO	reviewed
ENT_MES_UTTU,PER_MES_EARLY	Uttu ENT_MES_UTTU	Early Mesopotamian 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	Utu/Shamash ENT_MES_UTU_SHAMASH	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Utu (the sun god) is attested in the Fara god-lists and in the earliest Sumerian royal inscriptions; the sun-disc symbol appears in proto-cuneiform; Larsa and Sippar are his cult cities from the Early Dynastic period	SRC_ETCSL	reviewed
ENT_MES_ZABABA,PER_MES_EARLY	Zababa ENT_MES_ZABABA	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	A	Sumerian-attested deity/figure (Early Dynastic–Ur III literary tradition).		reviewed
ENT_RLMX_DILMUN,PER_MES_EARLY	Dilmun ENT_RLMX_DILMUN	Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY	high	Dilmun, the 'pure, clean, bright' land where there is no death or sickness, watered with fresh water by Enki; the Sumerian paradise (and a real geographical region, Bahrain). Attested in the myth Enki and Ninhursag.	SRC_DESCENT_ISHTAR	reviewed

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89 rows where period_id = "PER_MES_EARLY"

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