Nisaba

See also: nisaba

English

Etymology

From Sumerian ๐’€ญ๐’Šบ๐’‰€ (dnisaba /โ Nisabakโ /).

Proper noun

Nisaba

  1. The Sumerian goddess of writing, learning, and the harvest.

Akkadian

Etymology

From Sumerian ๐’€ญ๐’Šบ๐’‰€ (dnisaba /โ Nisabakโ /).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nisaba ?

  1. Nisaba (grain goddess)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms

References
  • โ€œnissabuโ€, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)โ€Ž, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956โ€“2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) โ€œNisabaโ€, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Further reading
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