Ereš-ki-gal

"Queen of the Night". Relief. Old Babylonian (Mesopotamia). Iraq, south. 19th c BCE-18th c BCE. (public domain).

Ereškigal (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. In the Akkadian myth 'Nergal and Ereshkigal' she marries the god Nergal and elevates her new husband to ultimate sovereignty in the realm of the dead.

Concordance, Etymology, History

Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim

The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation ^mulMUŠ (Hydra) [G. 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8.

Sources	Identifications
"The Great Star List and Miscellenia". [dEreš]-ki-gal = min(=dṣal-bat-a-nu) "Ereshkigal = Mars" [Mesop. Astrol., App. B:110].	planet Mars
List of stars V R 46, 1:29. mulmuš = dEreš-ki-gal "Snake = Ereshkigal" [HBA, 52:29; Wee 2016, 162-3].	the Babylonian constellation of the MUŠ-snake, visualized in Stellarium (drawing by Jessica Gullberg)

See (Kurtik m43) MUŠ, (Kurtik n29) ^dNIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA.

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, e16)	Gössmann (1950)
богиня подземного мира, отождествляемая с Марсом и созвездием Змея (mulMUŠ) [G. 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34–35]. I. Источники. «Большой список звезд». [dEreš]-ki-gal = min(=dṣal-bat-a-nu) «Эрешкигаль = Марс» [Mesop. Astrol., App. B:110]. Список звезд V R 46, 1:29. mulmuš = dEreš-ki-gal «Змея = Эрешкигаль» [HBA, 52:29; Wee 2016, 162–3]. См. m43dMUŠ, n29dNIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA.	Example

References

• Kurtik's references