Bel-Shalti-Nanna

En nigaldi - Nanna (also Bel- Salti - Nanna, Bel- salti - Nanna ) was the name of a daughter of the Babylonian king Nabu - na'id.

With the New Year at the beginning of his third year of the reign 553 BC, the Babylonierkönig Bel- Salti - Nanna appointed in connection with a previous month Ululu 554 BC made ​​negative oracle query to Sin for new Entu Priestess and gave her the new name En - nigaldi - Nanna ( " According calling mistress of Nanna "). After the symbolic " Sacred Marriage " pulled his daughter with the powers conferred on holy divine Additional titles in the newly built temple of Nabu - na'id Egipar in Ur.

The date is known from a cuneiform tablet Nabu - na'ids, the BC describes a lunar eclipse took place on September 19, 554: If a month Ululu the sun eclipsed the moon during the morning watch, then Sin wants a new Entu Priestess. The reference to the old cults was the Babylonierkönig important because En -anna -du, special mention was the last in 1764 BC Entu appointed priestess of Ur, daughter of Kudur - Mabuk and sister of Rim -Sin I..

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