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Gender Feminine
Usage Sumerian Mythology
Scripts 𒀭𒉣𒁇𒊺𒄖𒉡(Sumerian Cuneiform)
Other Forms FormsNunbarsegunu, Ninbarsegunu
Meaning & History
Means "lady whose body is the flecked barley", deriving from the Sumerian elements 𒊺 se ("barley, grain") and gùnu ("dappled, spotted, speckled"). This was an alternative name of the Sumerian deity Nisaba, the goddess of grain and writing, that was used specifically in relation to her capacity as an agricultural goddess.