Ama-arhus

Ama-arhus (also Nin-amaʾarḫuššu; "(lady) compassionate mother"[1]) was a sparsely attested Mesopotamian goddess.

She was among the deities introduced to the pantheon of Uruk in the Hellenistic period, alongside the likes of Amasagnudi and Šarrāḫītu.[2]

Her name is explained as a title of the medicine goddess Gula in one text.[1] It has been proposed that the presence of Ama-Arhus in late theophoric names from Uruk explains why Gula appears to not be attested in them, despite being worshiped in the city.[3] It is possible that she was merely viewed as her manifestation or synonym, as she is not otherwise attested in Uruk.[4]

References
  1. Cavigneaux & Krebernik 1998, p. 327.
  2. Asher-Greve & Westenholz 2013, p. 131.
  3. Krul 2018, pp. 353–354.
  4. Krul 2018, p. 359.

Bibliography
  • Asher-Greve, Julia M.; Westenholz, Joan G. (2013). Goddesses in Context: On Divine Powers, Roles, Relationships and Gender in Mesopotamian Textual and Visual Sources (PDF). ISBN 978-3-7278-1738-0.
  • Cavigneaux, Antoine; Krebernik, Manfred (1998), "Nin-amaʾarḫuššu", Reallexikon der Assyriologie (in German), retrieved 2022-03-13
  • Krul, Julia (2018). "Some Observations on Late Urukean Theophoric Names". Grenzüberschreitungen Studien zur Kulturgeschichte des Alten Orients: Festschrift für Hans Neumann zum 65. Geburtstag am 9. Mai 2018. Münster: Zaphon. ISBN 3-96327-010-1. OCLC 1038056453.
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