Napir
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Sidebar". Napir (Linear Elamite: File:Napir in LE.png Elamite cuneiform: 𒈾𒀊𒅕 Na-pi-ir) was the Elamite god of the moon.[1][2][3] The name was likely derived from the Elamite word nap or napir meaning "god". Not much is known on Elamite gods, however Napir is often depicted as having bull horns.
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- ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch, Religionen des alten Orients: Hethiter und Iran, Göttingen 2011, p. 63
- ↑ David Adams Leeming, Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East, page 42
- ↑ Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, page 75
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Further reading
- Heidemarie Koch, "Theology and Worship in Elam and Achaemenid Iran"