Ningal | |
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Tutelary goddess of Ur | |
![]() Old Babylonian fired clay plaque from Ur on display in the Sulaymaniyah Museum in Iraq depicting a goddess accompanied by Nanna’s symbol, the lunar crescent. It has been proposed that depictions of a seated goddess accompanied by a symbolic representation of Nanna might be Ningal.[1] | |
Major cult center | Ur, Harran |
Genealogy | |
Parents | Ningikuga and Enki |
Consort | Nanna/Sin |
Children | |
Equivalents | |
Hurrian equivalent | Nikkal |
Ningal (Sumerian: "Great Queen";[2] Akkadian Nikkal[3]) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of the moon god, Nanna/Sin. She was particularly closely associated with his main cult centers, Ur and Harran, but they were also worshiped together in other cities of Mesopotamia. She was particularly venerated by the Third Dynasty of Ur and later by kings of Larsa.