Erra, not much else is possible to determine about him with certainty based on available documents. He might have been associated with the destruction caused by storms. Worship In the Early Dynastic period, Ninšar was worshiped in multiple cities, for example Nippur and Shuruppak. Her main cult center in that period was AB.NAGAR. She also had a temple in the state of Lagash built by Uruinimgina, most likely in Girsu. Evidence for the worship of Ninšar is also available from Umma from the Ur III period. In the same period Shulgi built a temple dedicated to her in Ur. In the Kassite and Middle Babylonian periods, a temple of Ninšar existed in Nippur, and it is possible that it can be identified with the E-šuluhhatumma, "house worthy of the cleansing ritual," which is assigned to her in the so-called Canonical Temple List without a location specified. , The theophoric name Ur-Ninšar is common in sources from the Early Dynastic and Ur III periods. Other names invoking her are known too and continued to appear in the records from the Old Babylonian period. Mythology In the myth Enki and Ninmah, Ninšar appears as one of the seven assistants of the eponymous goddess, the other six being Ninimma, Shuzianna, Ninmug, Ninmada, Mumudu and Ninniginna. They do not appear together otherwise. However, in this myth they are collectively described as Šassūrātu, a term used to collectively refer to Ninmah's helpers. In Enki and Ninhursag, she is the daughter of the eponymous deities, and in turn becomes the mother of Ninkurra. In a text known as The First Brick, which functioned as a formula recited during temple renovations, Ninšar is listed among the deities created by Ea from clay to provide humans with goods they could in turn offer to the gods. A fragment of a myth known from Abu Salabikh mentions Ninšar slaughtering cattle and sheep while Ninkasi brewed beer. References Bibliography Mesopotamian goddesses Food goddesses