Isimud

Isimud
A cylinder seal from the Akkadian Period depicting the deities Inanna, Utu, Enki, and Isimud, who is characteristically shown with two faces.
Major cult centerUruk

Isimud (also Isimu;[1] Akkadian: Usmû; Hurrian: Izzummi[2]) was a Mesopotamian god regarded as the divine attendant (sukkal) of the god Enki (Ea). He was depicted with two faces. No references to temples dedicated to him are known, though ritual texts indicate he was worshiped in Uruk and Babylon. He was also incorporated into Hurrian religion and Hittite religion. In myths, he appears in his traditional role as a servant of Enki.

  1. ^ Beaulieu 2003, p. 348.
  2. ^ Archi 2013, p. 10.