Aštabi
Aštabi is a warlike god. He belonged to a triad of gods which also included Nupatik and Ugur, who were known for their warlike character.
↻ synthesized from 11 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Late Bronze Age.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Šī-šarrat, Zilipuri, Imzuanna, Lulu, Ninzuanna, Lugalmea, Ili-mīšar, Nabu, Ishum, Ninlil, Erra, Ereshkigal, Mammitum, Simut, Kumarbi, Pišaišapḫi, Kušuḫ, Ea-šarri, Mot, Shapash, Yarikh, Ḫanat, Ḫešui, Šulinkatte, Iyarri, Wurunkatte, Nabbazabba, Šaggar, Pinikir, Hadabal, Barama, Shalash bitinḫi, Goddess of the Night, Kura, NI-da-KUL (Hadabal), Ishkur, Shuwaliyat, Hebat, Alḫe, Lugalbanda, Resheph, Enlil, Lases, Shamash, Belet Nagar, Teshub, Išḫara, Adad, Nikkal, Dagan, Šimige, Baal, ʿAṯtar, Adamma, Ashtart, Šauška, Kubaba, Ḫepat, Hutena, Hutellura, Ninatta, Kulitta, Hašuntarḫi, Shala, Nergal, Allani, Nabarbi
- syncretized with
- Lugal-Marada, Ninurta
- aspect of
- Zababa
Mentioned by
- Lugalbanda
- Resheph
- Enlil
- Lases
- Shamash
- Belet Nagar
- Teshub
- Išḫara
- Adad
- Nikkal
- Dagan
- Šimige
- Baal
- ʿAṯtar
- Adamma
- Ashtart
and 12 more
Sources
Source passages
“Volkert Haas, who notes that he belonged to a triad of gods which also included Ugur (under the epithet Šaummatar) and Aštabi, who were known for their warlike character.”
#10329 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the trilingual edition of the former of these texts, known from Ugarit, he corresponds to Aštabi in the Hurrian column and Attar in the Ugaritic one.”
#11889 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“It has also been proposed that his name was used to represent a Hurrian god, possibly Kumarbi or Aštabi, in early inscriptions from Urkesh, but there is also evidence that he was worshiped by the Hurrians under his own name as one of the Mesopotamian deities they incorporated into their own pantheon.”
#13610 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Hurrian context, under the title Šaum(m)atar, he was associated with two warlike deities, Nupatik and Aštabi.”
#13852 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Hurrian ritual texts, she appears alongside deities such as Šimige, Aštabi and Nupatik.”
#23294 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001