2012
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“The Power in Heaven: Remarks on the So-Called Kumarbi Cycle,”
in G. Wilhelm (ed.), Organization, Representation, and Symbols of Power in the Ancient Near East,
Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2012, pp. 611-618.
In this paper the authors discuss about the so–called “Kumarbi Cycle”, a great mythological cycle made up of various works: the “Theogony (or) Kingship in Heaven” or “Song of [Kumarbi]”, the “Kingship of LAMMA”, “Song of Silver”, “Ḫedammu”, “Song of Ullikummi”, “Song of the Sea” and “Ea and the Beast”.
On p. 616, the authors summon up the different traditions behind this cycle, pinpointing traditions from the Mesopotamian area, from Eastern Anatolia and from the proper core of Anatolia. Speaking about traditions from Eastern Anatolia, it is made a clear reference to the city of Tell Mozan/Urkesh: “Tradition from: 2) Eastern Anatolia for its geographic setting with cities like Urkiš and Kummiya and for the involvement of its protagonist, who can be traced linguistically to that tradition (Kumarbi, “the Kumar one”). This derivation is confirmed by the fact that a large part of the deities involved belonged to the same Hurrian pantheon”. Therefore, a clear connection to the city of Urkesh (despite the strange spelling if the toponym in tue quotation) is established.
[M. De Pietri – November 2019]
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