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===Terms associated with temple prostitution in Sumer and Babylonia===
All translations are sourced from the [[Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=University of Pennsylvania |title=Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary |url=http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/nepsd-frame.html |website=Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |access-date=12 June 2020 |archive-date=5 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605041059/http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/nepsd-frame.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  Akkadian terms were used in the Akkadian Empire, Assyria, and Babylonia.  The terms themselves come from lexical profession lists on tablets dating back to the Early Dynastic period.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! English !! Sumerian !! Akkadian !! Signs !! Cuneiform
|-
| Abbess || nin-diĝir || ''ēntu'' || SAL.TUG<sub>2</sub>.AN || 𒊩𒌆𒀭
|-
| Priestess || lukur || ''nadītu'' || SAL.ME || 𒊩𒈨
|-
| Nun || nugig || ''qadištu'' || NU.GIG || 𒉡𒍼
|-
| Hierodule Priestess || nubar || ''kulmašītu'' || NU.BAR || 𒉡𒁇
|-
| Cult Prostitute || amalu || ''ištaru'' || GA<sub>2</sub>×AN.LUL || 𒂼𒈜
|-
| A Class of Women || sekrum || ''sekretu'' || ZI.IG.AŠ || 𒍣𒅅𒀸
|-
| Prostitute || <sup>geme<sub>2</sub></sup>karkid || ''harīmtu'' || <sup>SAL×KUR</sup>TE.A.KID || 𒊩𒆳𒋼𒀀𒆤
|-
| Prostitute (EDIIIb) || <sup>geme<sub>2</sub></sup>karkid || ''harīmtu'' || <sup>SAL×KUR</sup>TE.A.AK || 𒊩𒆳𒋼𒀀𒀝
|}
Notes on the [[cuneiform]]: by convention Akkadian is italicised, spoken Sumerian is lowercase and cuneiform sign transliteration is uppercase.  In addition, a [[determinative]] sign is written as a superscript.  Determinatives are only written and never spoken.  In spoken Sumerian [[homophones]] are distinguished by a numerical subscript.