Английская Википедия:Alla (Mesopotamian god)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox deity Alla or Alla-gula was a Mesopotamian god associated with the underworld. He functioned as the sukkal (attendant deity) of Ningishzida, and most likely was a dying god similar to Dumuzi and Damu, but his character is not well known otherwise. He had his own cult center, Esagi, but its location is presently unknown.

Name and character

Alla's name was written in cuneiform either syllabically (dAl-la or dAl-lá) or logographically (dNAGAR).Шаблон:Sfn A variant form, Alla-gula, "Alla the great," is also attested.Шаблон:Sfn Additionally, the god list An = Anum indicates that he could be referred to with the Sumerian epithet Lugal-sapar,Шаблон:Sfn "lord of the net."Шаблон:Sfn The net is well attested as a divine weapon.Шаблон:Sfn

The character of Alla is poorly understood, but it is agreed that he was associated with the underworld.Шаблон:Sfn He belonged to the circle of deities connected with Ninazu and Ningishzida,Шаблон:Sfn and functioned as the sukkal (divine attendant) of the latter.Шаблон:Sfn He is also well attested as one of the dying gods mentioned in lamentations, and on this basis it has been argued he was viewed as comparable to better known Dumuzi.Шаблон:Sfn According to Wilfred G. Lambert, a single Old Babylonian text seemingly outright equates them with each other.Шаблон:Sfn Comparisons with Damu have also been made in modern literature.Шаблон:Sfn

In art, Alla was depicted as a bald beardless man, and known representations do not wear the horned crown associated with divinity in Mesopotamian art.Шаблон:Sfn Frans Wiggermann argues that he was additionally portrayed holding a staff, well attested as a badge of office of the sukkal.Шаблон:Sfn

Alla and Allatum

Wilfred G. Lambert proposed in 1980 that the goddess Allatum was the Akkadian feminine counterpart of Alla.Шаблон:Sfn However, in 1989 Gernot Wilhelm noted that no plausible Akkadian etymology has been proposed for her name, and the most likely possibility is that it was simply a variant spelling of Allani, the Hurrian goddess of the dead, whose name is related to the Hurrian word allai, mistress.Шаблон:Sfn This view has been accepted by Tonia SharlachШаблон:Sfn and Alfonso Archi in subsequent studies of this goddess .Шаблон:Sfn Sharlach entirely rules out a connection between Alla and Allatum/Allani based on their different roles and origin.Шаблон:Sfn

Worship

Alla is attested chiefly in sources from the Ur III and Old Babylonian periods.Шаблон:Sfn The settlement Esagi is identified as his cult center in texts pertaining to dying deities, but its location is unknown.Шаблон:Sfn There is evidence that he was worshiped in Gišbanda, the cult center of Ningishzida, and it is possible a statue of him was located in the temple of that god in Lagash as well.Шаблон:Sfn He was also venerated in Ur, where he appears in offering lists alongside Ninazu, Ningirida, Ningishzida, Azimua and Ninpumuna.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Additionally, the worship of "Alla-gula" is well attested in sources from Nippur from the Ur III period pertaining to the activities of queen Shulgi-simti.Шаблон:Sfn

Late sources

In a bilingual myth (tablet KAR 4 and duplicates), mankind is created from the blood of a plurality of deities referred to with the logogram dNAGAR, variously interpreted as either Alla or Lamga in modern literature.Шаблон:Sfn According to Wilfred G. Lambert based on context the later option is implausible as the reading relies on the explanation lam-ga dNAGAR = d30 in a lexical list, which refers to a name of the moon god Sin.Шаблон:Sfn Manfred Krebernik notes that the account resembles the scene in Atrahasis where the blood of dW-e(-i-la) is used instead.Шаблон:Sfn

In late sources, Alla is also attested in lists of so-called "seven conquered Enlils"Шаблон:Sfn alongside figures such as Mummu and Alalu.Шаблон:Sfn In this context, the theonym Enlil is used as a generic label.Шаблон:Sfn The deities designated by it were associated with Enmesharra.Шаблон:Sfn

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