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Tishpak (Tišpak) was a Mesopotamian god associated with the ancient city Eshnunna and its sphere of influence, located in the Diyala area of Iraq.He was primarily a war deity, but he was also associated with snakes, including the mythical mushussu and bashmu, and with kingship.
Inscription: "To the god Ningiszida, his god, Gudea, Ensi (governor) of Lagash, for the prolongation of his life, has dedicated this" The name Ningishzida inscribed on a statue of Ur-Ningirsu . Seal of Gudea depicting him being led by Ningishzida (figure with snakes emerging from his shoulders)
The mušḫuššu (𒈲𒍽; formerly also read as sirrušu or sirrush) or mushkhushshu (Akkadian pronunciation: [muʃˈχuʃ.ʃum]) is a creature from ancient Mesopotamian mythology. A mythological hybrid , it is a scaly animal with hind legs resembling the talons of an eagle , lion -like forelimbs, a long neck and tail, two horns on its head ...
The name Nirah means "little snake" in Sumerian. [1] It could be written with the logogram d MUŠ, as already attested in third millennium BCE texts from Ebla. [1] However, this logogram could also designate Ištaran, [2] Ninazu, [3] the tutelary god of Susa, Inshushinak, [4] the tutelary god of Eshnunna, Tishpak, [5] and the primordial river deity Irḫan. [2]
Inshushinak (also Šušinak, [2] Šušun; [3] Linear Elamite: Insušinak, Cuneiform: 𒀭𒈹𒂞 d Inšušinak) was the tutelary god of the city of Susa in Elam.His name has a Sumerian etymology, and can be translated as "lord of Susa".
He was associated with snakes, especially with the snake god Nirah, and it is possible that he could be depicted in a partially or fully serpentine form himself. He is first attested in the Early Dynastic period in royal inscriptions and theophoric names. He appears in sources from the reign of many later dynasties as well.
Multiple traditions regarding Ninazu's parentage existed. He was regarded either as a son of Ereshkigal and a "Great Lord" (possibly to be identified with Gugalanna, known from the god list An = Anum and from the myth Inanna's Descent to the Nether World), who might have been analogous to anonymous deities described as "mighty cow" and "untamable bull" attested as his parents elsewhere, of ...
His wife was the goddess Šarrat-Dēri, whose name means "Queen of Der", [163] or alternatively Manzat (goddess of the rainbow), [178] and his sukkal was the snake-god Nirah. [163] He was regarded as a divine judge, and kings were said to "render justice like Ištaran."