Kun-Damu
| Kun-Damu | |
|---|---|
| King of Ebla | |
| Reign | c. 2400 BC. Middle chronology |
| Predecessor | Eshar-Malik |
| Successor | Adub-Damu |
| King of Ebla | |
Kun-Damu (also Qum-Damu) 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] Following his death, he was deified and his cult was attested in Ebla for at least 30 years after his reign.[6]
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Citations
- ^ William J. Hamblin (2006). Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC. pp. 241, 242. ISBN 9781134520626.
- ^ Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg (1990). Eblaitica: essays on the Ebla archives and Eblaite language, Volume 2. p. 81. ISBN 9780931464492.
- ^ Cyrus Herzl Gordon; Gary Rendsburg; Nathan H. Winter (2002). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4. p. 219. ISBN 9781575060606.
- ^ a b c Hartmut Kühne; Rainer Maria Czichon; Florian Janoscha Kreppner (2008). 4 ICAANE. p. 68. ISBN 9783447057578.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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