TYPE: Fertility Goddess
ORIGIN: Mesopotamian (Akkadian-Babylonian and Sumerian)
INFORMATION: A daughter of An and URas and probably an alternative name for Istar. She is the consort of the god Pabilsag and is mentioned in respect of a sanctuary built by Warad Sin during the Isin dynasty. Texts describe her going to present Enlil with gifts in Nippur. Other inscriptions suggest she was the mother of the god Damu (Dumuzi).