Ninsusinak

Deities of the ancient Near East
Levantine (Canaanite) Adonis Anat Asherah Ashima Astarte Atargatis Attar Baal Berith Chemosh Dagon El Elyon Eshmun Gad Hadad Kothar-wa-Khasis Melqart Moloch Mot Nikkal Qetesh Resheph Shadrafa Shahar Shalim Shapash Yahweh Yam Yarikh
Mesopotamian Abzu/Apsu Adad Amurru An/Anu Anshar Ashur Enki/Ea Enlil Ereshkigal Inanna/Ishtar Kingu Kishar Lahamu Lahmu Marduk Mummu Nabu Nammu Nanna/Sin Nergal Ningishzida Ninhursag Ninlil Tiamat Utu/Shamash
Egyptian Amun Apis Atum Buchis Geb Horus Isis Montu Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Set Shu Tefnut Thoth
Elamite Inshushinak Jabru Khumban Kiririsha Lahurati Nahundi Napir Ninsusinak Pinikir
Religions of the ancient Near East

National god of the Elamite Empire and consort of the mother goddess Pinikir. Ninsusinak was god of oaths and judge of the dead. The Assyrians and other Akkadian-speaking people knew him as Susinak. Another common name for him is Inshushinak.

Susinak is an Akkadian variant of the Hebrew name Susi. Susi is listed in Numbers 13:11 as the father of Gaddi, one of the spies sent by Moses into Canaan.

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