This is evident from the fact, that though the worship of Beltis superseded that of Ana in the great temple at that place from a very remote epoch, yet the temple itself always retained the title of Bit-Ana (or Beth-Ana), "the house of Ana;" and Beltis herself was known commonly as "the lady of Bit-Ana," from the previous dedication to this god of the shrine in question.

Ana must also have been worshipped tolerably early at Nipur (Rifer), or that city could scarcely have acquired, by the time of Moses, the appellation of Calneh in the Septuagint translation, which is clearly Kal Ana, "the fort of Ana." Ana was supposed to have a wife, Anata, of whom a few words will be said below.

She bore her husband a numerous progeny.

One tablet shows a list of nine of their children, among which, however, no name occurs of any celebrity.

But there are two sons of Ana mentioned elsewhere, who seem entitled to notice.