Ugur
Ugur is a warlike god. He belonged to a triad of gods which also included Nupatik and Aštabi, who were known for their warlike character.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Hurrian deity attested in cuneiform sources, also incorporated into Mesopotamian pantheon.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ishkur, Ugurtu, Argaba, Pišaišapḫi, Ḫešui, Ningishzida, Ninazu, Inshushinak, Erra, Ereshkigal, Nungal, Kanisurra, Ishum, Enmesharra, Ninisina, Pabilsag, Papsukkal, Ninlil, Ashur, Inanna of Kish, Ninnibru, Nam-tar, Ninsar, Aštabi, Kumarbi, Hebat, Shuwaliyat, Alḫe, Birtum, Eturammi, Nēr-ē-tagmil, Šarrab(u), Šâbu, Lakupittu, Lisin, Lahar, Gukishbanda, Kulla, Ningubalaga, Lagamal, Allani, Enlil, Ninurta, Anu, Zababa, Bau, Ningirsu, Resheph, Nabarbi
- allied with
- Nupatik, Aštabi, Teshub, Shuwala, Ugur of Hayaša
- serves
- Nergal
- consort of
- Šī-šarrat
- syncretized with
- Šulinkatte, Zilipuri
Mentioned by
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.”
#10328 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ugur (Hurrian religion; also a sukkal of Nergal)”
#12236 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“This name initially belonged to Nergal's attendant deity (sukkal), and might be derived from the imperative form of Akkadian nāqaru, "destroy!". It has been noted that Ugur was replaced in his role by Ishum”
#13620 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“read as Ugur, as a syllabic spelling of this name is known from Hurrian texts from both Emar and Nuzi, as pointed out by Daniel E. Fleming. This interpretation is also supposed by Volkert Haas, who assumes he was among Mesopotamian deities introduced to the local pantheon of Emar”
#13866 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“For uncertain reasons, Zababa's section in An = Anum also includes Ugur (tablet V, line 50), who fulfilled the analogous role in the court of Nergal.”
#34084 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5