Adamma
Adamma is a Hurrian deity included in the kaluti (offering lists) dedicated to Ḫepat and formed part of her circle.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in texts from Ebla.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Uršui-Iškalli, Tiyabenti, Aya, Mušuni, Ḫašulatḫi, Karhuha, Artemis Perasia, Shapash, Aštabi, Hadabal, Kura, Hadda of Aleppo, Barama, Hašuntarḫi, Nupatik, Šaggar, Pinikir, Shalash bitinḫi, Goddess of the Night, Lases, Mammitum, NI-da-KUL (Hadabal), Nabarbi, Shalash, Šarruma, Allanzu, Kunzišalli, Takitu, Damkina, Nikkal, Ayu-Ikalti, Shuwala, Nergal, Išḫara, Hutena, Hutellura, Allani, Šauška, Ninatta, Kulitta, Ashtart, Ḫepat, Ištar
- allied with
- Kubaba, Hašuntarḫi
- syncretized with
- Admu
Mentioned by
- Nabarbi
- Shalash
- Šarruma
- Allanzu
- Kunzišalli
- Takitu
- Damkina
- Nikkal
- Ayu-Ikalti
- Shuwala
- Nergal
- Išḫara
- Hutena
- Hutellura
- Allani
- Šauška
and 5 more
Sources
Source passages
“Nabarbi, Shuwala, Adamma, Kubaba, Hašuntarḫi, Uršui-Iškalli, Tiyabenti”
#9665 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In the Hurrian pantheon of Kizzuwatna, she formed a dyad with Adamma, a goddess already attested in the texts from Ebla. They are also paired in texts from Ugarit. The connection between them developed in the second millennium BCE, and earlier Adamma was instead considered the spouse of Resheph.”
#9817 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“or alongside other major members of the local pantheon, such as Hadabal, or alongside the goddess Adamma. The latter was regarded as his spouse, though the connection between them is seemingly limited to the early tradition of Ebla. They were also worshiped together in Tunip”
#24498 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“It has been proposed that Adamma was identical with the goddess Admu. The latter is first attested in an offering list from Mari dated to the Ur III period or the Šakkanakku period.”
#36833 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hurrian origin had been ascribed to her early on as well, similarly as in the case of other Eblaite deities (Adamma, Aštabi and Ḫepat), but further excavations in Ebla have shown that all of these deities are already present in documents predating the Hurrian migrations to Syria”
#37031 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001