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Tashmetum

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Abode
  
Temple in Borsippa

Consort
  
Nabu

Tashmetum (Tashmetu) is an Akkadian goddess, the consort of the god Nabu.

She is called upon to listen to prayers and to grant requests. Tashmetum and Nabu both shared a temple in the city of Borsippa, in which they were patron deities. Tashmetum’s name means “the lady who listens”. She is also known as Tashmit and Tashmetu, and she was known by the epithets Lady of Hearing and Lady of Favor.

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Tashmetum Wikipedia