Inshushinak

Elamite · deity · mythic · deity

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
temti hušša

Relations

ally: Napirisha

Sources

Susa and Chogha Zanbil temple inscriptions
Encyclopaedia Iranica, ELAM vi. Elamite religion

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