[2] Sporadic addition of the sign NIN to preexisting names of deities as a prefix is a well attested phenomenon in Mesopotamian sources, with other examples including Nin-Aya, Nin-Aruru and Nin-Azimua.
[1] Dina Katz notes that the term arḫuš had a broad meaning, referring to emotions such as pity, empathy, and mercy, but that at the same time it occurs primarily in texts involving deities.
[5] Katz argues that the signs used to render it logographically, GA2✕SAL, respectively "house" and "vulva", might indicate that the meaning "uterus" (or perhaps "placenta") was primary, and using it to designate an emotion was a secondary development.
[4] Ama-arḫuš was worshiped in Uruk, where she is attested in texts from the Seleucid period as one of the newly introduced deities, alongside Amasagnudi, Šarrāḫītu and others.
[1] Julia Krul suggests that since Gula is absent from late theophoric names from this city, despite being actively worshiped in it,[14] it is possible that Ama-arḫuš was viewed as her manifestation or synonym, as she is not otherwise attested in Uruk.