ID: 901002165 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002165	Record Type: Character/Person

	Shala (Mesopotamian deity)

Note: Goddess who personified ripening grain.

Names:

	Shala (Mesopotamian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Related Iconography:

	consort/spouse of .... Ishkur
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Ishkur (Sumerian deity)) [901002164]

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)

	deity of .... grain (seed)
	.....(seed (material), seed and seed components materials, plant material, biological material, materials by origin, materials (substances), Materials (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Shala (Mesopotamian deity)
	................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

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