Английская Википедия:Iqbi-damiq
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox deity Iqbi-damiq was a Mesopotamian goddess who was regarded as one of the "Daughters of Edubba", and was worshiped in Kish for this role. According to the god list An = Anum she also functioned as the sukkal (attendant deity) of Niĝgina. She is mentioned in texts of Assur and Babylon. An illness named after her, the "hand of Iqbi-damiq," is known from texts focused on medicine and omens.
Name
Wilfred G. Lambert assumed Iqbi-damiq was a male deity, and accordingly translated the name as "He spoke: it was pleasant",Шаблон:Sfn but in a more recent publication Andrew R. George translates it as "She said 'it is fine!'" and notes that she was regarded as a member of a duo referred to as the Daughters of Edubba.Шаблон:Sfn
Manfred Krebernik notes the name is structurally similar to that of Qibî-dumqī ("Speak my hail").Шаблон:Sfn John MacGinnis suggests the two were simply variant names of the same deity.Шаблон:Sfn Krebernik only assumes that the writing dDUG4-bi-SIG5 might be read as either of these names.Шаблон:Sfn Qibî-dumqī is attested in texts dealing with deities worshiped in Assur and Arbela, while in a late Babylonian hymn she is treated as a name of Ishtar.Шаблон:Sfn
Associations with other deities
As one of the Daughters of Edubba, Iqbi-damiq was paired with Ḫussinni,Шаблон:Sfn whose name can be translated as "Remember me!"Шаблон:Sfn Other similar pairs of goddesses referred to as the "daughters" of a specific temple are listed alongside them on a late tablet found in the temple of Nabu in Babylon, and include the Daughters of Esagil (Ṣilluš-ṭāb and Katunna), Daughters of Ezida (Gazbaba and Kanisurra), Daughters of Emeslam (Dadamušda and Bēlet-ilī), Daughters of Ebabbar (Mami and Ninegina), Daughters of E-ibbi-Ani (Ipte-bīta and Bēlet-Eanni), and Daughters of E-Ningublaga (Mannu-šāninšu and Larsam-iti).Шаблон:Sfn According to Andrew R. George, goddesses belonging to this category most likely fulfilled menial roles in the households of corresponding major deities, as indicated by the fact that the pairs from Esagil and Ezida were the hairdressers of Zarpanit and Nanaya respectively.Шаблон:Sfn Edubba (Sumerian: "storage house") was ta temple of the god Zababa located in Kish.Шаблон:Sfn Frans Wiggermann suggests that Iqbi-damiq and Ḫussinni might have been viewed as the daughters of this god and Šarrat-Kiš ("Queen of Kish").Шаблон:Sfn The latter deity might be identical to Bau, though evidence is ambiguous.Шаблон:Sfn
Iqbi-damiq also functioned as the sukkal (divine "vizier") of Niĝgina (Kittum), a daughter and sukkal of the sun god Utu who was regarded as the personification of truth.Шаблон:Sfn However, in his commentary of the line of the god list An = Anum attesting this connection, Richard L. Litke states that a sukkal having a sukkal of their own should be considered an anomaly.Шаблон:Sfn
Worship
Multiple Assyrian sources indicate that a chapel of Iqbi-damiq, Ešagaerra, "house which weeps for the wronged", existed in the temple of Belet-ekalli in Assur.Шаблон:Sfn The latter bore the name Ekinam, "house, place of destinies".Шаблон:Sfn In a lipšur litany Iqbi-damiq is listed as a denizen of Egalmaḫ, the temple of Gula in Babylon.Шаблон:Sfn In a late ritual text, she is listed as one of the fifteen deities worshiped in Edubba in Kish.Шаблон:Sfn
Iqbi-damiq is also attested in the incantation series Šurpu.Шаблон:Sfn However, in some of the known copies Qibî-dumqī appears in the same passage instead.Шаблон:Sfn
Hand of Iqbi-damiq
A disease known as the "hand of Iqbi-damiq" is also attested in ancient Mesopotamian sources.Шаблон:Sfn An Assyrian text, SAA IV 190, states that through extispicy, Shamash revealed that an illness Naqi'a, the mother of Esarhaddon, was suffering from was the hand of Iqbi-damiq.Шаблон:Sfn While an alternate translation of the hand of Iqbi-damiq refers to the involvement of this deity in divination in this context has also been suggested, it is regarded as less plausible.Шаблон:Sfn A subsequent passage states further divination rituals were performed to learn if offering of sheep and oxen would result in recovery.Шаблон:Sfn
In a medical text, the hand of Iqbi-damiq is listed next to other similarly named afflictions: the "hand of Nanaya from Uruk", "hand of Kanisurra" and "hand of Qibi-dumqi".Шаблон:Sfn Many further examples of "hands" of specific deities are known from medical treatises and omen texts, with as many as thirty-five individual ones known as of 2018.Шаблон:Sfn While the majority of them are causes of diseases, injuries or accidents, a few are listed as good omens, for example "hand of Ishtar".Шаблон:Sfn
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