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ID: 901002158
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002158
Record Type: Character/Person

An (Mesopotamian deity)

Note: God of Heaven who presides over the divine assembly; associated with Uruk, but not the patron god of Uruk.

Names:
An (Mesopotamian deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Anu (Mesopotamian deity) (English)
Anum (Mesopotamian deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
............An (Mesopotamian deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Enlil
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Enlil (Assyro-Babylonian deity)) [901002159]
associated with .... Enki
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Enki (Sumerian-Akkadian deity)) [901002160]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
associated with .... Uruk
.....(Al MuthannĂ¡, Iraq, Asia) (TGN)

Sources:
An (Mesopotamian deity)
................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 418
Anu (Mesopotamian deity)
................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004)
Anum (Mesopotamian deity)
................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004)

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