Home›Open Questions›Does Any Identifiable Image of Geshtinanna Survive?Open QuestionsDoes Any Identifiable Image of Geshtinanna Survive?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Does Any Identifiable Image of Geshtinanna Survive?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/does-any-identifiable-image-of-geshtinanna-survive.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Does Any Identifiable Image of Geshtinanna Survive?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/does-any-identifiable-image-of-geshtinanna-surviveCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-does-any-identifiable-image-of-geshtinan, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Does Any Identifiable Image of Geshtinanna Survive?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/does-any-identifiable-image-of-geshtinanna-survive}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionSumerian art rarely labels its figures, and reference studies of Mesopotamian iconography have not been able to isolate a scene or attribute as distinctively Geshtinanna's, unlike her brother Dumuzi or her rival Inanna, both identifiable from repeated attributes across many surviving objects.What would resolve this A securely inscribed or otherwise firmly identified image of Geshtinanna, distinguishing her from the generic Mesopotamian goddess type, turning up in excavation or in a museum collection reassessment of unattributed glyptic art.OpenAssyriology, Mesopotamian art history and archaeologyJeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated DictionaryCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnGeshtinanna, Deities Well-attested Source Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated DictionaryJeremy Black and Anthony Greentier 2SourcesGods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionarytier 2Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, British Museum Press, 1992Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year