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Amat-Mamu
Flourished circa 1750 B.C., Sippar, Babylonia (modern-day Iraq)Amat-Mamu was a priestess and temple scribe in Sippar, a city of ancient Babylonia. She was a member of the gagum, a walled precinct with hundreds of houses inhabited exclusively... Read more
Bel-Shalti-Narrar
Flourished circa 554 B.C., Babylon (modern-day Iraq) The correct spelling of this name is BEL-SHALTI-NANNA. Bel-Shalti-Nanna, a Babylonian princess, was recorded as high priestess of the Temple of Sin at Ur in 554... Read more
Iltani
Flourished circa 1750 B.C., Babylonia (modern-day Iraq)Little is known about Iltani except that she was a member of the Babylonian ruling family, either the sister of Hammurabi or his granddaughter through his son, Samsuiluna, who took... Read more
Tiamat
Mythic, worshipped in Babylonia (modern-day Iraq), circa 1780–514 B.C.Tiamat, a Babylonian personification of saltwater who is generally depicted as a dragon, created the first gods out of her union with Apsu, the personification of freshwater. According to the... Read more
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