Apr 15, 2024
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Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian costumes and decorations by Hornblower et al.
Enmešarra the Splendour
I’m a humble amateur student of ancient middle eastern (Sumerian, Hittie, Ugaritic, Syrian etc.) mythology and history. I like to draw my impressions of deities based upon the texts I read, especially those that do not have any surviving depictions and mostly those who are very obscure.
As such I have been loving to death the An Anum God list (and you may look through it yourself though you might want to consult an online source for it such as the one found at http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu. Sadly there is no completely easily available online treatment of the An Anum and thus it may be a bit hard to get into. In essence it is a God list cataloguing many of the thousands of deities on record in ancient Assyria and Mesopotamia as a whole, consisting of a total of 7 tablets.
Another great source for obscurity is the text K252, which I have been going over for some time, which is an Assyrian Temple and Altar list, showcasing many obscure deities, or even foreign deities granted an altar in Assyria, one of the most surprising appearance among them being the Zoroastrian Ahura Mazda, listed in Col. IX of K252 “As-sa-ra-Ma-za-áš“
As for my name, it is derived from Enmešarra “The Splendour”, Uncle or Ancestor of Enlil who attempted to acquire kingship and who was the father of seven sons who, from my lay perspective, may be identical with the Sebitti, or Seven, that are known to ravage the land alongside Nergal in the Myth of Erra and Ishum.
In the appropriate text called “Enmešarra’s Defeat”, there is the following evocative passage where Enmešarra is told of the doom that is to befall him for rebellion at the hands of Marduk, that made me adopt the name:
"When Enmešarra heard this "He cried "Alas" and his heart burnt. "He opened his mouth and spoke a word, " "Bēl is terrible that I, a god, should not live; "His judgements are terrible that my fledglings should not live."
"Nergal opened his mouth "Addressing a word to Enmešarra, the Splendour, "From the beginning, "From the very beginning, "This has been your answer, Enmešarra."