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Kun-Damu

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Kun-Damu
King of Ebla
Reignc. 2400 BC
PredecessorPossibly Eshar-Malik
SuccessorPossibly Adub-Damu

Kun-Damu (also Qum-Damu; fl.c. 2400 BC) was a king (Malikum) of the first Eblaite kingdom ruling c. 2400 BC.[1] The king's name is translated as "Arise, O Damu".[note 1][3] Kun-Damu is attested in the archives of Ebla dated two generations after his reign.[4][5] According to Alfonso Archi, he was a contemporary of Saʿumu of Mari.[4] The archives of Ebla records the defeat of Mari in the 25th century BC, and based on the estimations for his reign, Kun-Damu might be the Eblaite king who inflicted this defeat upon Mari.[4] Aleppo might have came under the rule of Ebla during his reign.[6] Following his death, he was deified and his cult was attested in Ebla for at least 30 years after his reign.[7]

King Kun-Damu of Ebla
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Possibly Eshar-Malik
King of Ebla
c. 2400 BC
Succeeded by
Possibly Adub-Damu

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Notes

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  1. ^ Damu was probably an old Semitic deity and not identical with the Sumerian Damu.[2]

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Citations

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  1. ^ William J. Hamblin (2006). Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC. pp. 241, 242. ISBN 9781134520626.
  2. ^ Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg (1990). Eblaitica: essays on the Ebla archives and Eblaite language, Volume 2. p. 81. ISBN 9780931464492.
  3. ^ Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4. p. 219. ISBN 9781575060606.
  4. ^ a b c Hartmut Kühne; Rainer Maria Czichon; Florian Janoscha Kreppner (2008). 4 ICAANE. p. 68. ISBN 9783447057578.
  5. ^ Regine Pruzsinszky; Dahlia Shehata (2010). Musiker und Tradierung: Studien Zur Rolle Von Musikern Bei Der Verschriftlichung und Tradierung Von Literarischen Werken. p. 69. ISBN 9783643501318.
  6. ^ Archi 2010, p. 3.
  7. ^ Hans Gustav Güterbock; K. Aslihan Yener; Harry A. Hoffner; Simrit Dhesi (2002). Recent Developments in Hittite Archaeology and History: Papers in Memory of Hans G. Güterbock. p. 28. ISBN 9781575060538.

Bibliography

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  • Archi, Alfonso (2010). "Hadda of Ḫalab and his Temple in the Ebla Period". IRAQ. 72: In Honour of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor David Hawkins. Cambridge University Press - On Behalf of The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial). ISSN 0021-0889. JSTOR 20779017.
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