ID: 901002164 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002164	Record Type: Character/Person

	Ishkur (Sumerian deity)

Note: Storm god, spouse of Shala.

Names:

	Ishkur (Sumerian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
		........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
		............Ishkur (Sumerian deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	consort/spouse of .... Shala
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Shala (Mesopotamian deity)) [901002165]

	counterpart is .... Adad
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Adad (Babylonian/Assyrian deity)) [901002149]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Sumerian (culture or style)
	.....(Mesopotamian (culture or style), Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... storms
	.....(natural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Ishkur (Sumerian deity)
	................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 418
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001)
	................ Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004)