Itūr-Mēr
Itūr-Mēr was a Mesopotamian god worshiped in the kingdom of Mari, and after its fall in the kingdom of Ḫana, especially in Terqa. He is considered to have been the divine protector of oaths, and could be invoked to heal the sick or to help with solving crimes. Some believe he was originally a deified hero or ancestral figure.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 2600 BCE
- Attested period
- -2600 – -1750
- Historical notes
- Worshiped from the Early Dynastic period through the Old Babylonian period.
Relationships
- aspect of
- Mēr
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Itūr-Mēr is well attested in theophoric names from Old Babylonian Mari. Examples include Ana-Itūr-Mēr-taklāku ("I trust in Itūr-Mēr"), Ḫatnī-Itūr-Mēr ("Itūr-Mēr is my male relative"), Ḫanna-Itūr-Mēr ("Itūr-Mēr is gracious"), Ipqu-Itūr-Mēr ("Itūr-Mēr is protection"), Itūr-Mēr-gamil ("Itūr-Mēr is merciful"), Itūr-Mēr-ḫīnāya”
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“A legal text mentions that a certain Pulsī-Addu from Sapīratum (a settlement in Suhum) after losing a lawsuit meant to establish the ownership of a patch of land was obliged to swear an oath by a group of deities including Ḫanat, as well as Dagan and Itūr-Mēr, and by king Zimri-Lim to guarantee that he will not attempt to press the same claims again.”
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“Attempts were made to place Lagamal in the category of deities representing deified heroes or ancestors, to which Itūr-Mēr and Yakrub-El are often presumed to belong, but according to Jack M. Sasson similar as in the case of Latarak and Ilaba this assumption is incorrect.”
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