Sumerian · God or goddess · Certain

Ninisina

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Living Sumerian grimoire painting of Ninisina holding one ancient bronze scalpel with one dark dog seated beside her.

Ninisina is the Sumerian healing goddess and patron of Isin, celebrated as a physician who tests the lancet, sharpens the scalpel, and works through incantation and medicine.

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
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.