Weidner god list
Introduction

**Weidner god list** is the conventional name of one of the known ancient [Mesopotamian](/wiki/Mesopotamia "Mesopotamia") lists of [deities](/wiki/Mesopotamian_deities "Mesopotamian deities"), originally compiled by ancient scribes in the late [third millennium BCE](/wiki/Third_millennium_BCE "Third millennium BCE"), with the oldest known copy dated to the [Ur III](/wiki/Ur_III "Ur III") or the [Isin\-Larsa period](/wiki/Isin-Larsa_period "Isin-Larsa period"). Further examples have been found in many excavated Mesopotamian cities, and come from between the Old Babylonian period and the fourth century BCE. It is agreed the text served as an exercise for novice scribes, but the principles guiding the arrangement of the listed deities remain unknown. In later periods, philological research led to the creation of extended versions providing explanations of the names of individual deities.

In the second millennium BCE, the Weidner god list spread outside Mesopotamia, with copies known from [Emar](/wiki/Emar "Emar"), [Ugarit](/wiki/Ugarit "Ugarit") and [Amarna](/wiki/Amarna "Amarna"). [Hurrian](/wiki/Hurrians "Hurrians") and Ugaritic scribes compiled multilingual editions providing information about correspondences between Mesopotamian, [Hurrian](/wiki/Hurrian_deities "Hurrian deities") and [Ugaritic deities](/wiki/Ugaritic_deities "Ugaritic deities"), but due to a number of peculiarities characteristic for these texts, it is presumed they do not necessarily accurately reflect contemporary religious beliefs.


What were some of the common practices among Mesopotamian cities regarding the Weidner god list?