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Kittum, also known as Niĝgina, was a Mesopotamian goddess who was regarded as the embodiment of truth. She belonged to the circle of the sun god Utu/Shamash and was associated with law and justice.
Kittum was one of the deities associated with law and justice. She could be invoked in legal texts as a divine witness.
Iqbi-damiq functioned as Kittum's sukkal. Instances of a sukkal having a sukkal of their own, while known, should be regarded as an anomaly according to Richard L. Litke. Iqbi-damiq's name means "she said 'it is fine!'" Wilfred G. Lambert's earlier translation, "he spoke, it is pleasant," presumed Iqbi-damiq was male. However, a text referring to her as a "daughter" is now known. She is also attested in the god list An = Anum and in Šurpu. An illness called "hand of Iqbi-damiq" is mentioned in a medical text alongside "hand of Nanaya" and "hand of Kanisurra."
In offering lists from Sippar, Kittum commonly appears alongside Mīšaru, a deity from the circle of Adad who was also associated with justice. In the Neo-Babylonian period both of them were additionally grouped with Ūmu and Dajjānu. It is possible that she was among the deities worshiped in Ebabbar, the temple of Shamash located in this city. Outside Sippar, the pair Kittum and Misharu is also attested in the Tākultu ritual from Assur. References to this pair as the "attendants of Ekur" ( mazzāz Ekur) are also known from Neo-Assyrian sources.
Theophoric names invoking Kittum are known from Larsa and Ur, two examples being Kittum-lizziz and Apil-Kittum. She is also attested in women's theophoric names from Old Babylonian Mari. She is one of the seven goddesses appearing in names with the element - šimhī, the other six being Annu, Admu, Ishtar, Išḫara, Aya and Tabubu. The name Kittum-šimhī can be translated as "Kittum is my joy". She is also one of the Mesopotamian deities who appear in Akkadian theophoric names from Susa from the same period.
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