Editing Inanna (section)

=== Sukkal ===
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Inanna's ''[[sukkal]]'' was the goddess [[Ninshubur]],{{sfnp|Pryke|2017|page=94}} whose relationship with Inanna is one of mutual devotion.{{sfnp|Pryke|2017|page=94}} In some texts, Ninshubur is listed right after Dumuzi as a member of Inanna's circle, even before some of her relatives;{{sfnp|Wiggermann|1988|p=228-229}} in one text the phrase "Ninshubur, beloved vizier" appears.{{sfnp|Wiggermann|1988|p=228-229}} In another text Ninshubur is listed even before [[Nanaya]], originally possibly a hypostasis of Inanna herself,{{sfnp|Wiggermann|2010|p=417}} in a list of deities from her entourage.{{sfnp|Stol|1998|p=146}} In an Akkadian ritual text known from [[Hittites|Hittite]] archives, Ishtar's ''sukkal'' is invoked alongside her family members Sin, Ningal, and Shamash.{{sfnp|Beckman|2002|p=37-38}}

Other members of Inanna's entourage frequently listed in god lists are the goddesses Nanaya, [[Kanisurra]], [[Gazbaba]], and [[Bizilla|Bizila]], all of them also associated with each other in various configurations independently from this context.{{sfnp|Stol|1998|p=146}}{{sfnp|Drewnowska-Rymarz|2008|p=23}}
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