relationship_id,subject_entity_id,relationship_type,object_entity_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status,period_id
2387,ENT_ELAM_INSHUSHINAK,patron_of,ENT_DEAD,high,"Inshushinak is explicitly ""lord of the dead"" in Elamite sources — his judicial function encompasses the fate of souls after death, a role consistent with his position as the supreme city deity of Susa (a major funerary cult center) and with the underworld associations of ancient Near Eastern city gods who control the boundary between living and dead. The ""Sit-shamshi"" bronze ritual scene from Susa (depicting funerary rites) is associated with his cult. Potts (1999) p. 273.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,PER_ELAM_CLASSICAL
2388,ENT_ELAM_INSHUSHINAK,aligned_with,ENT_MES_UTU_SHAMASH,medium,"Inshushinak and Utu/Shamash are structurally parallel as judicial deities who oversee divine justice and adjudicate the fates of the dead. Both operate at the threshold between life and death as the divine judge of last resort; both are associated with light and truth as the foundations of judgment. The parallel was recognized in antiquity through the close cultural contact between Susa and Mesopotamia: Elamite scribes used Akkadian cuneiform and were well aware of Shamash's judicial role. Confidence medium: no ancient source explicitly equates them, but the structural and functional alignment is strong and frequently noted in modern scholarship. Potts (1999) p. 276.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,PER_ELAM_CLASSICAL
2389,ENT_ELAM_KIRIRISHA,patron_of,ENT_FERTILITY,high,"Kiririsha is the Elamite great mother goddess whose primary domain encompasses cosmic fertility, divine motherhood, and the renewal of life. Her name (""the Great Goddess"") and her Liyan cult center — associated with the Persian Gulf coast's agricultural and maritime abundance — place her in the great mother goddess tradition. The Middle Elamite royal inscriptions invoke her alongside Inshushinak and Napirisha for the protection and fertility of the Elamite state. Potts (1999) pp. 282-286.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,PER_ELAM_CLASSICAL
2390,ENT_ELAM_KIRIRISHA,aligned_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,medium,"Kiririsha and Inanna/Ishtar are parallel as the dominant great goddesses of neighboring ancient Near Eastern civilizations — both are ""the great goddess"" of their respective traditions, both combine fertility, sovereignty, and protection functions, and both absorbed the titles and iconographic features of earlier mother goddess traditions. During periods of strong Mesopotamian cultural influence on Elam (especially the Old Elamite period of Ur III contact), Kiririsha assimilated some Inanna/Ninhursag characteristics. Confidence medium: they are parallel rather than equated, and their theological programs differ significantly in detail. Potts (1999) p. 288; Carter & Stolper (1984) p. 42.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,PER_ELAM_CLASSICAL
2391,ENT_ELAM_KIRIRISHA,aligned_with,ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA,low,"Kiririsha and Anahita are parallel as the principal goddess figures of the Iranian cultural sphere in successive historical periods — Kiririsha as the Elamite great goddess (c. 2200–539 BCE), Anahita as the Zoroastrian/Iranian water-and-fertility goddess (attested from the Achaemenid period). Both are associated with water, fertility, and divine protection of the Iranian world. Confidence low: the parallel is typological across a large chronological gap (the Achaemenid synthesis of Iranian and Elamite religious traditions is attested but the specific Kiririsha → Anahita transmission is scholarly inference rather than inscriptional fact. Potts (1999) p. 290.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,PER_ELAM_CLASSICAL
2393,ENT_ELAM_NAPIRISHA,patron_of,ENT_HEALING,medium,"Napirisha's association with life-giving water and the Anshan highland springs situates him in the healing and renewal domain. His temples were associated with sacred water sources; his iconography includes the life-water motif; and his name (""the Great God"") encompasses the generative divine power from which healing flows. Confidence medium: the healing attribution is inferential from the water-and-life domain rather than directly inscribed in the surviving texts, though the functional parallel with water-healing deities (cf. Enki/Ea) is strong. Potts (1999) p. 244.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,PER_ELAM_CLASSICAL
2395,ENT_ELAM_HUMBAN,aligned_with,ENT_MES_ENLIL,medium,"Humban and Enlil are structurally parallel as the chief divine authorities of their respective civilizations in the ancient Near East — both serve as the supreme male deity whose approval legitimates royal power and whose invocation in royal inscriptions signals the highest divine sanction. As neighboring civilizations (Elam and Mesopotamia were in continuous political and cultural contact for two millennia), their chief deities occupied structurally identical positions in their respective pantheons. The Assyrian texts about Elamite kings routinely mention Humban alongside Ashur in diplomatic contexts, reflecting awareness of Humban as the Elamite equivalent of the Assyrian divine patron. Confidence medium: the parallelism is structural; the two deities were not explicitly equated by ancient commentators. Potts (1999) p. 263.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,PER_ELAM_CLASSICAL
4125,ENT_ELAM_NAHHUNTE,equated_with,ENT_MES_UTU_SHAMASH,high,"Nahhunte is the Elamite sun god and justice-guarantor, counterpart of Mesopotamian Utu/Shamash.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4126,ENT_ELAM_NAHHUNTE,embodies,ENT_SUN,high,Nahhunte was the deified sun in Elamite religion.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4127,ENT_ELAM_NAHHUNTE,presides_over,ENT_JUSTICE,high,"As sun god, Nahhunte guaranteed law, contracts and justice in Elam.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4129,ENT_ELAM_RUHURATER,presides_over,ENT_CREATION,medium,"Ruhurater was regarded as a creator/fashioner deity, tutelary god of Huhnur.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4130,ENT_ELAM_RUHURATER,paired_with,ENT_ELAM_HISHMITIK,medium,Ruhurater and Hishmitik are paired in the Tchoga Zanbil temple dedications.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4131,ENT_ELAM_HUTRAN,child_of,ENT_ELAM_NAPIRISHA,medium,Hutran is named as son of Napirisha in the Anshanite/Tchoga Zanbil theology.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4132,ENT_ELAM_HUTRAN,child_of,ENT_ELAM_KIRIRISHA,medium,"Hutran is named as son of Kiririsha, consort of Napirisha, in Middle Elamite inscriptions.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4142,ENT_ELAM_NARUNDI,presides_over,ENT_WAR,medium,Narundi was interpreted as a goddess of victory worshipped at Susa.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4143,ENT_ELAM_NARUNDI,aligned_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,low,Narundi is a martial/victory goddess functionally drawn into Ishtar's orbit; in An=Anum she is sister of the Sebitti. Not a firm equation.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4144,ENT_ELAM_NAPRATEP,presides_over,ENT_PROTECTION,medium,The Napratep were a collective of protective creator gods invoked for the king's welfare.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4145,ENT_ELAM_NAPRATEP,member_of,ENT_ELAM_NAPIRISHA,low,The Napratep cluster around the high god Napirisha in Middle Elamite cult.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4146,ENT_ELAM_SIASHUM,member_of,ENT_ELAM_NAPIRISHA,low,Siashum was among the deities housed in the Tchoga Zanbil precinct dedicated to Napirisha by Untash-Napirisha.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4147,ENT_ELAM_KILAH_SHUPIR,member_of,ENT_ELAM_NAPIRISHA,low,Kilah-shupir received a dedication in the Napirisha-centred sacred complex of Tchoga Zanbil.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4148,ENT_ELAM_UPURKUBAK,member_of,ENT_ELAM_NAPIRISHA,low,Upurkubak had a chapel within the Tchoga Zanbil precinct of Untash-Napirisha.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4149,ENT_ELAM_HISHMITIK,paired_with,ENT_ELAM_RUHURATER,medium,Hishmitik is regularly paired with Ruhurater in the Tchoga Zanbil dedications.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4151,ENT_ELAM_JABRU,aligned_with,ENT_MES_ANU,low,"Jabru appears in Mesopotamian god lists as the 'Enlil of Elam', a high-god equation characterizing Elam's supreme deity.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4438,ENT_ELAM_NAPIR,embodies,ENT_MOON,high,"Napir is the Elamite moon god, 'the shining one', depicted with bull horns.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4440,ENT_ELAM_NAPIR,aligned_with,ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN,medium,"The Elamite lunar god, functionally aligned with the Mesopotamian moon god Nanna/Sin worshipped in Elam.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
4442,ENT_ELAM_TIRUTUR,presides_over,ENT_SOVEREIGNTY,medium,"Tirutur, like Tepti, bestows kitin (god-given royal power).",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,