relationship_id,subject_entity_id,relationship_type,object_entity_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status,period_id 1592,ENT_MES_NINGAL,spouse_of,ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN,high,"Ningal as the divine consort of Nanna/Sin at Ur; she intercedes with the divine assembly on Ur's behalf in the Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, acting as the protective mother of the city and its people.",SRC_ETCSL,reviewed,PER_MES_UR_III 1593,ENT_MES_NINGAL,parent_of,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,high,Ningal is explicitly named as the mother of Inanna in Sumerian hymns; the parentage Nanna + Ningal → Inanna is the standard Sumerian tradition. Ningal's maternal role provides Inanna with both a lunar/celestial father (Nanna) and a divine mother who intercedes before the gods.,SRC_ETCSL,reviewed,PER_MES_UR_III 1594,ENT_MES_NINGAL,parent_of,ENT_MES_UTU_SHAMASH,high,Ningal is named as the mother of Utu/Shamash (the sun god) alongside Inanna in Sumerian hymns; Nanna and Ningal are the divine parents of both the moon's primary associated celestial bodies (sun and Venus/morning star).,SRC_ETCSL,reviewed,PER_MES_UR_III