Kun-Damu Explained
| Kun-Damu |
| King of Ebla |
| Reign: | c. 2400 BC. Middle chronology |
| Predecessor: | Eshar-Malik |
| Succession1: | 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".[2] Kun-Damu is attested in the archives of Ebla dated two generations after his reign.[3] [4] According to Alfonso Archi, he was a contemporary of Saʿumu of Mari. 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. Aleppo might have came under the rule of Ebla during his reign. Following his death, he was deified and his cult was attested in Ebla for at least 30 years after his reign.[5]
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References
Bibliography
- Archi. Alfonso. 2010. Hadda of Ḫalab and his Temple in the Ebla Period. IRAQ. Cambridge University Press - On Behalf of The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial). 72: In Honour of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor David Hawkins. 20779017. 0021-0889.
Notes and References
- Book: Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC. William J. Hamblin. 241, 242. 9781134520626. 2006.
- Book: Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Volume 4. Cyrus Herzl Gordon . Gary Rendsburg . Nathan H. Winter . 219. 2002. 9781575060606.
- Book: 4 ICAANE. Hartmut Kühne . Rainer Maria Czichon . Florian Janoscha Kreppner . 68. 2008 . 9783447057578.
- Book: Musiker und Tradierung: Studien Zur Rolle Von Musikern Bei Der Verschriftlichung und Tradierung Von Literarischen Werken. Regine Pruzsinszky . Dahlia Shehata . 69. 2010. 9783643501318.
- Book: Recent Developments in Hittite Archaeology and History: Papers in Memory of Hans G. Güterbock. Hans Gustav Güterbock . K. Aslihan Yener . Harry A. Hoffner . Simrit Dhesi . 28. 2002 . 9781575060538.
