Sumerian · Lunar deity · Certain

Nanna

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Living Sumerian grimoire painting of Nanna beneath a gold crescent with the horned prow of one processional boat behind him.

Nanna is the Sumerian moon god and patron of Ur, marked by the crescent, the bull, and the processional boat of his journey to Nippur.

Profile research status

This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.

Culture, tradition, period, and place

Figure classification
Lunar deity, God or goddess · certain
Pantheon or tradition shelf
Sumerian
Cultures
Sumerian
Traditions
Sumerian religious traditions
Periods
Unspecified
Places
Unspecified

Identity and a conservative image prompt are grounded in accession-level historical comparanda; textual, cultic, and relational extraction remains incomplete.

Direct connections and evidence

No direct correspondence relationship has completed the evidence gate for this record yet.