Inshushinak

Lord of Susa, patron of the lowland capital; Elamite god of the underworld and justice who judges the dead.

Domains

• underworld justice
• kingship
• justice

Powers

• Judge the souls of the dead in the underworld
• Weigh the souls of the deceased in judgment
• Guard oaths and arbitrate legal proceedings
• Tutelary lordship of the city of Susa

Epithets

• Lord of Susa latin · Inshushinak · inscriptionThe great god of the Elamite capital; judge of the dead in the underworldElamite royal inscriptions (Susa, Chogha Zanbil) (primary)
• temti hušša Elamite · Lord of the dead · cultlord of the dead (of the siyan-kuk)Chogha Zanbil dedicatory inscriptions of Untash-Napirisha (primary)

Relations

• ally: NapirishaJoint heads (with Kiririsha) of the Middle Elamite state triad, invoked together in the royal inscriptions of Untash-Napirisha at Chogha Zanbil.D. T. Potts, The Archaeology of Elam (1999) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Susa and Chogha Zanbil temple inscriptions (primary); Encyclopaedia Iranica, ELAM vi. Elamite religion (secondary)