Liyan


Liyan is an Elamite port on Persian Gulf, and first name of Kiririsha where she and Humban had a temple that was erected by Humban-Numena. There was later a temple built to her at Chogha Zanbil. She was often called 'the Great', or 'the divine mother'. She seems to have been primarily worshipped in the south of Elam, as another goddess, Pinikir, held her position in the north. Eventually, by about 1800 BC, the two had merged and the cult of Kiririsha also came to be practised in Susiana.