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Kindazi
๐’€ญ๐’ƒฑ๐’ฃ
Divine Barber
Macehead dedicated to Kindazi by Queen Nin-kagina for Nam-mahani, British Museum, BM 22445
Kindazi was wordshipped in Lagash

Kindazi (Sumerian: ๐’€ญ๐’ƒฑ๐’ฃ, dkinda2-zi)[1] was a minor Sumerian god. He was a "divine barber" and an acolyte of god Ningirsu.[2][3]

He is known from inscriptions, such as a macehead dedicated by queen Ninkagina for the life of King Nam-mahani of Lagash:[4]

๐’€ญ๐’ƒฑ๐’ฃ / ๐’ˆ—๐’€€๐’‰Œ / ๐’‰†๐’‹พ / ๐’‰†๐’ˆค๐’‰Œ / ๐’‘๐’‹ผ๐’‹› / ๐’‰ข๐’“๐’†ท๐’† ๐’‚  / ๐’Ž๐’…Ž๐’„€๐’ˆพ / ๐’Œ‰๐’…—๐’†ฌ๐’†ค / ๐’…‡๐’‰†๐’‹พ๐’†ท๐’‰Œ๐’‚  / ๐’€€๐’ˆฌ๐’ˆพ๐’Š’ /๐’…†๐’•๐’€ / ๐’ˆ—๐’ˆฌ๐’€๐’ฃ๐’„€ / ๐’ƒถ๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ฃ๐’ฃ / ๐’ˆฌ๐’‰

dkinda2-zi / lugal-a-ni / nam-ti / nam-mah-ni / ensi2 / lagashKI-ka-she3 / nin-inim-gi-na / dumu ka-ku3-ke4 / u3 nam-ti-la-ni-she3 / a mu-na-ru / shita2-ba / lugal-mu ba-zi-ge / he2-ma-da-zi-zi / mu-bi

"To Kindazi, her king. Nin-kagina, daughter of Kaku, donated this on account of the life of Nammahani, ruler of Lagash, and also for her life"

โ€” Inscription of Nin-kagina for the life of Nam-mahani[4][5]

He also appears in various other inscriptions, such as the Gudea cylinders.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Sumerian Dictionary".
  2. ^ Chavalas, Mark (2013). Women in the Ancient Near East: A Sourcebook. Routledge. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-135-00824-6.
  3. ^ Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Anthology of the Earliest Female Authors. Cambridge University Press. 2017. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-108-50577-2.
  4. ^ a b Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Anthology of the Earliest Female Authors. Cambridge University Press. 2017. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-108-50577-2.
  5. ^ "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  6. ^ Edzard, Sibylle; Edzard, Dietz Otto (1997). Gudea and His Dynasty. University of Toronto Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8020-4187-6.