Nindara
Nindara was a Sumerian god worshiped in the state of Lagash. He was the husband of Nanshe. His name was originally written as "Nindar," but from the reign of Gudea onward "Nindara" became the default instead. Worship. Ki'esa was Nindara's main cult center, and his temple in that city was the Elaltum (Sumerian: "house producing date syrup"). He was also regarded as the tutelary god of his wife's cult city, Niĝun, identified with modern Tell Zurghul. Further locations where he was worshiped include the cities of Girsu and Lagash. Functions. Possibly due to being worshiped in a  harbor city, he was sometimes called "the lord of the holy sea," while in a "balbale" song of Nanshe he is described as "the tax collector of the sea." However, his most common epithet, attested as early as the reign of the Early Dynastic king Enannatum I, was "Lugal-uru", "the powerful master." Gudea in a royal inscription credits Nindara with giving him strength. Like Nanshe, he was also associated with birds, specifically the "dar" bird ("dar"), possibly a francolin. Outside Mesopotamia. Wouter Henkelman proposes that the logographic writing NIN.DAR.A might be read as Simut in some Elamite inscriptions, where  this deity appears alongside the rainbow goddess Manzat. However, Daniel T. Potts identifies the Elamite NIN.DAR.A as a goddess. In Mesopotamia Simut was usually identified with Nergal.