Talk:Duttur

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Alternative names[edit]

In "A World History of Architecture" there's an essay by Michael Fazio titled "The Sumerian View of the World" (p. 15). While reflecting on a sculpture of an ewe's head (a female sheep), he writes the following: "Curators at the Kimbell interpret it as a symbol of the goddess Dittur, whose son Dumuzi was an important god of sheperding and milk (hence the sheep image), as well as the nether world."

I've tried googling for her but couldn't find any mention of the name "Dittur". I came across this wiki page when searching for her son Dumuzi though. Perhaps we should add Dittur as a synonym for Sirtur? As in "Sirtur (also known as Dittur[source]) ..." Got a lot more results when googling for Sirtur.

Other variations of her name that I've found are: Sirtur (on Dimuzid's wiki page), Duttur (Kimbell Art), and Dittur (A World History of Architecture, 2013). Not sure how many of these names should be included in the wiki article though. SandTre (talk) 22:55, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Duttur is used in the only open access article on the history of the name and its various spellings (Krebernik's, now in the bibliography), and in multiple entries in the Reallexikon der Assyriologie. I have not seen "Dittur" used anywhere outside of the sites you've mentioned. Sirtur seems to be a misreading, I've included a note on the first sign in the name which probably explains it. HaniwaEnthusiast (talk) 16:47, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sumerian ewe's head[edit]

I've sent an email to Kimbell Art Museum asking for permission to share their photo of the bust here on Wikipedia. The original image can be found here. I'm linking to it as an External link and will leave as is if not given permission. SandTre (talk) 22:55, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pantheon[edit]

While googling I found some more information. Some sources refer to her as the consort of Enki. Otherwise most sources refer to her as the mother of Dumuzi. Quite a few sources also mention her domain to be sheep. SandTre (talk) 22:55, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]