Liyan is an Elamite port on

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bo ...

(near modern-day Bushire, Iran), and first name of

Kiririsha Kiririsha (Elamite: “great lady”) was a major goddess worshiped in Elam. Early scholarship incorrectly identified her as one and the same as Pinikir, an unrelated goddess from a different part of Elam. Character Kiririsha is regarded as o ...

(at one stage became the most important goddess of Elam, ranked second only to her husband the god,) where she and Humban had a temple that was erected by Humban-Numena. There was later (ca. 1250 BC) a temple built to her at

Chogha Zanbil Chogha Zanbil ( fa, چغازنبيل; Elamite: Dur Untash) is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran. It is one of the few existing ziggurats outside Mesopotamia. It lies approximately southeast of Susa and north of Ahva ...

. She was often called 'the Great', or 'the divine mother'. She seems to have been primarily worshipped in the south of Elam.

References

''The Cambridge Ancient History'', Vol II part 2, p. 405 ff; Vol I part 2, p. 663 ff. Ports and harbours of the Persian Gulf Ports and harbours of Iran Bushehr County Former populated places in Iran {{BushehrCounty-geo-stub