Urkesh divine names

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Kumarbi

An ancestral deity of the Hurrian pantheon, considered as the fatehr of the gods. According to the myths, his main residence is in Urkesh.

He may be represented by the logogram “Nergal.”

1. 1995 Archi “Šalaš”
   p.3f: K. is identified with Dagan, and his paredra is Šalaš
2. 2000 Trémouille “Religione”
   p.140: K. is identified with the deity of vegetation (Dagan in Mesopotamia) and of grain.
   p.141: K. has chthonic traits, and is considered also as a “mother.”

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Nergal

The major male deity of the netherworld. In Urkesh Hurrian texts, it may possibly be used as a logogram (or syncretistic equivalent?) for Kumarbi.

1. 2000 Salvini “Antiche Testimonianze”
   p.43: suggests that a Hurrian deity may have been assimilated to the Sumero-Akkadian Nergal.
   p.44: a chthonic god.
2. 2004 Buccellati “Review of La civiltà dei Hurriti”.
   Arguments in favor of Nergal used as a logogram.

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Šimigan

The Sun god.

1. 2000 Salvini “Antiche Testimonianze” p.43.