Šaumatar

Šaumatar or Šumatani is the Hurrian name of the underworld god Ugur . The name may be Indo-Aryan .

The Hittite queen Puduḫepa promised the Šaumatar of Kaitana a torch festival and a golden soul if her sick husband Ḫattušili III. stays alive. At the festival of the Šawuška of Šamuḫa Šaumatar was invoked together with Aštabi and Nubadig . In the kaluti list of sacrifices , he is named almost at the end after the “picture of the lady of the palace”.

literature

• Alice Mouton: Šaumatari. In: Michael P. Streck (ed.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 12, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2009–2011, ISBN 978-3-11-020384-4 , p. 96.
• Volkert Haas : History of the Hittite religion (= Handbook of Oriental Studies . Volume 1.15). Brill, Leiden 1994, ISBN 978-90-04-09799-5