Enlulim

[hukkana]

I had come across refferences to the deity Enlulim, including refference to a depiction of the god but there seems to be no online version of the figurine.

I found it refferenced at

www.penn.museum/collections/object/191303

But have had no luck finding anything on this item so far.

[sheshki]

RIA 2/394 describes him as "the divine stag shepherd of Ningirsu"

"Gottheit, geschr. ^den-lulim, der göttliche Hirschhirt Ningirsus."


--->cdli line 225

en-lulim sipa masz₂ lulim en ^{d}nin-gir₂-su-ra
the Lord Stag, the herdsman of the hinds, to the lord Ningirsu

[hukkana]

Thanks, I wasn't sure what the name actually meant either.

[nocodeyv]

Enlulim can be found in The Building of Ningirsu's Temple, Lines 1035-1040, which state:

"With his divine duties, namely, to make the butter abundant; to make the cream abundant; to see that the butter and the milk of the holy goats, the milking goats, and the hind, the mother of Ninĝirsu, do not cease to flow in the E-ninnu sanctuary, Gudea introduced En-lulim, the herdsman of the hinds, to Lord Ninĝirsu."

Unfortunately, I also don't know where any artistic representations of this deity can be found. That text is interesting though, as it thoroughly outlines the deities who work on Ningirsu's divine manor.

[hukkana]

Thanks for the link.

It's super obnoxious because depictions of lesser deities are incredibly hard to come by, when they exist at all !