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n. - A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.

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  • But the mention of Nintu in her own speech is hardly consistent with that supposition, (2) if we assume with Dr. Poebel, as we are probably justified in doing, that the...
  • And as Innanna was one of Ishtar's designations, it was possible to make the change by a simple transcription of the lines, the name Nintu being replaced by the...
  • Ninkharsagga or Nintu, was naturally transferred to the Semitic Ishtar.
  • Nintu, "the Goddess of Birth", then with Ninshar, referred to also as Ninkurra, and finally with Ninkharsagga.
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