Gaṯaru
Gaṯaru is a deity who receives offerings of gold and silver. In an entry ritual (an Amorite practice well known from Mari) of Ashtart, which took place over the course of multiple days, Anat received the snout and neck of an unidentified animal following the offerings of gold and silver to Shapash, Yarikh and Gaṯaru on the second day.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Ugaritic texts.
Relationships
Mentioned by
- El
- Baal
- Išḫara
- Pidray
- Ilib
- Anat
- Shapshu
- Dadmiš
- Arsay
- Kinnaru
- Erra
- Lugalirra
- Ashtart
- Ningirsu
- Milkunni
- Tishpak
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“In an entry ritual (an Amorite practice well known from Mari) of Ashtart, which took place over the course of multiple days, Anat received the snout and neck of an unidentified animal following the offerings of gold and silver to Shapash, Yarikh and Gaṯaru on the second day.”
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“It also occurs in an Ugaritic ritual text pertaining to a group of deities known as Gaṯarāma (dual) or Gaṯarūma (plural), which seemingly included the moon god Yarikh, the sun goddess Shapash and the god Gaṯaru, but the context does not provide any additional hints about its meaning.”
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“There is evidence that in Mesopotamia a god analogous to Ugaritic Gaṯaru, Gašru (dgaš-ru) was understood as analogous to Lugalirra or Erra.”
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