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Dumuzid
The shepherd god and Inanna's husband, found enthroned and unmourning on her return, and given to the galla as her substitute below.
𒀭𒌉𒍣dDUMU.ZIthe faithful son
- Akkadian:
- Tammuz
- Epithets:
- the shepherd-king; the one who did not mourn.
- Kin:
- husband of Inanna; brother of Geshtinanna.
In the myths:
the shepherd god; in the Descent Inanna finds him enthroned and unmourning and gives him to the galla as her substitute; his sister then takes half the year for him, which is how the year gets its halves.
Where they were worshipped
The city this power belonged to, and the periods our chronology places it in.
As attested
What the record has
Everything above is the myth as the texts and the scholarship have it, and the sources are listed so you can check us. The chronicle uses this figure; it does not add to them.
Sources
The pages this entry is drawn from. ORACC and ETCSL are the scholarly editions; the rest are general references.
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