Kura
Kura is a deity attested in texts from Ebla. He is one of the main deities of the local pantheon. He is not equally commonly attested as Resheph.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in texts from Ebla dated between 2450 and 2200 BCE.
Relationships
Mentioned by
- Resheph
- Hadabal
- Išḫara
- Adamma
- Ashtart
- Hutena
- Hutellura
- Allani
- Šauška
- Ninatta
- Kulitta
- Kubaba
- Hašuntarḫi
- Nupatik
- Šaggar
- Pinikir
and 3 more
Sources
Source passages
“While not equally commonly attested as Hadabal and Kura, he is one of the most frequently mentioned deities in the entire Eblaite text corpus. His individual functions are difficult to clarify.”
#24486 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“While some of the Eblaite deities ceased to be worshiped after the destruction of the city, for example Kura, Barama and Hadabal, others, like Adamma, as well as Aštabi and Saggar, despite acquiring no major role in religion of the Amorites”
#36807 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Her role differed from that of Kura and Barama, who were also connected to the royal family, but seemingly functioned as a divine reflection of the reigning monarch and his spouse, rather than as dynastic tutelary deities.”
#37037 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001