Zabala, also Zabalam (𒍝𒈽𒀕𒆠 zabalamki, Sumerian - MUŠ3.UNUki, modern Tell Ibzeikh (also Tell el-Buzekh or Tell Ibzaykh), Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq)...

Inanna of Zabalam (also Supālītum, Sugallītu, Nin-Zabalam) was a hypostasis of the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna associated with the city of Zabalam. It has...

Inanna is well attested. In Umma, he was regarded as the son of Inanna of Zabalam and an unknown father, while in the myth Inanna's Descent to the Underworld...

of symbols representing various cities, including those of Ur, Larsa, Zabalam, Urum, Arina, and probably Kesh. This list probably reflects the report...

where it intersected with the Ninagina Canal which flowed southeast from Zabalam. From Apisala, the Gibil went on to Umma, where it joined the Iturungal...

Shuruppak (Tell Fara) Karkar (Tell Ĝidr?) Bad-tibira (Tell al-Madineh?) Zabalam (Tell Ibzeikh) Umma (Umm al-Aqarib, Tell Jokha) Girsu (Tello or Telloh)...

Other goddesses replaced her in both of her major roles, with Inanna of Zabalam becoming the goddess of Umma, and Usaḫara or Kumulmul taking her place...

god associated with carpentry. He was chiefly worshiped in the city of Zabalam and in its proximity. He appears in a number of literary texts, such as...

king, he had been temple administrator in Zabalam: "At this time, Il, who was the temple administrator of Zabalam, marched in retreat from Girsu to Umma...

pertained to her associations with specific cities or areas, such as Uruk, Zabalam, Akkad, Nineveh, or the Sealand. Others instead highlighted her specific...

temple in Uruk, though she also had temples in Nippur, Lagash, Shuruppak, Zabalam, and Ur Venus Inanna, later known as Ishtar, is "the most important female...

sources it is known that it is to be sought on the Tigris, between Adab and Zabalam. Identification with the archeological site Tell Ĝidr has been proposed...

site of Tell Shmet): "Rimuš, king of the world, in battle over Adab and Zabalam was victorious, and 15,718 men he struck down, and 14,576 captives he took...

his brother Rim-Sin I. Foundation figurine of Warad-Sin for Inanna at Zabalam Clay cylinder. The Akkadian cuneiform text mentions the name of Warad-Sin...

his life when he starts pleading, and sends him to live in a ditch near Zabalam. Many aspects of the story are a subject of debate in Assyriology, including...

and Inana Girsu, E-ninnu, Ningirsu Umma, E-mah, Shara (son of Inana of Zabalam) Nippur, E-kur, Enlil Shuruppak, E-dimgalanna, Sud (variant of Ninlil,...

Iturungal canal which also connected Adab, Umma, and Zabalam. In particular it lies between Adab and Zabalam. At its maximum extent it covered an area of 130...

was one of at least 20 royal settlements in the Umma province including Zabalam, Karkar, and NAGsu, of which Garšana was the largest. Contemporary texts...

following a rebellion: "Rimuš, king of the world, in battle over Adab and Zabalam was victorious, and 15,718 men he struck down, and 14,576 captives he took...

Text Plates B. Alster, "Geštinanna as Singer and the Chorus of Uruk and Zabalam", UET 6/1 22, JCS, vol. 37, pp. 219–28, 1985 [8] Bedale, Charles Lees,...

UNUGki (𒋀𒀕𒆠), "residence of Nanna", per analogy with toponyms such as Zabalam, INANNA.UNUGki. In later periods LAK-32 coalesced with ŠEŠ (the ideogram...

is uncertain, and it is better attested in association with Inanna of Zabalam. A further temple which seemingly was primarily dedicated to Sudaĝ but...

the left bank of the Iturungal, the Id-Ninaki-gen-a, which over Bzeikh (Zabalam) flowed to Telloh (Girsu), al Hibba (Uru-ku, Lagas?), and Surghul (Nina)...

purify an oven, while in another references to Inanna and the city of Zabalam occur. A fragment of a myth focused on Girra, provisionally referred to...

known from the Fara and Ur III periods from Fara, Ur, Uruk and possibly Zabalam. A single female theophoric name invoking Ningirima is known from the neo-Babylonian...

collection of hymns from the Ur III period treats Inanna of Uruk, Inanna of Zabalam and Inanna of Ulmaš (Ishtar of Akkad) as three separate deities, with separate...

governor under Sargon of Akkad. He later joined other cities including Zabalam in a rebellion against Rimush son of Sargon and second ruler of the Akkadian...

write the toponym Eridu, which reflects her connection to this city. 11 Zabalam dnin-UM The meaning of the theonym Nin-UM is unknown, and according to...

sources, a status shared with Ezina, Nanshe, Inanna of Uruk and Inanna of Zabalam. Eresh was her original cult center, and there is evidence it was a city...

attested city goddesses, with Nisaba, Nanshe, Inanna of Uruk and Inanna of Zabalam being the only other ones present in texts of comparable age. In one of...