Ninkarnunna
Mesopotamian god
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Ninkarnunna (dNin-kar-nun-na, Sumerian: "lord of the exalted quay") was a Mesopotamian god who belonged to the circle of deities associated with Ninurta.[1] He was the bar-šu-gal (possibly "masseur") of this god.[1] A litany refers to him as the "good child" (dumu sagga).[1]
According to the god list An = Anum, Ninkarnunna's brother was Inimmanizi,[2] the sukkal (vizier) of Ninurta.[3] According to Wilfred G. Lambert it is possible that some copies instead regard Ninkarnunna as a female deity and the spouse of Inimmanizi.[3] An association between Ninkarnunna and Inimmanizi is also attested in astronomical texts.[4]
A temple of Ninkarnunna existed in Nippur.[1] In Babylon, he was worshiped in the E-rabriri,[5] the temple of Mandanu, which lead Antoine Cavigneaux and Mandred Krebernik to propose that Mandanu might have been syncretised with Ninurta in this city.[1] His seat in the latter temple was known as E-ushumgal-anna, "house of the dragon (ushumgal) of heaven."[5]
