Ruhurater

Ruhurater or Lahurati was a god of the Elamite pantheon. He appears to have been equated by the Babylonians with the Akkadian god Ninurta, who was also equated with another Elamite deity, Inshushinak; however, Ruhurater's role as a guardian of treaties in Elamite documents is similar to that played by Shamash, rather than Ninurta.^[1] It's been proposed that his name means "(the god who is the) creator (of) man" and that he was connected to various creator deities (collectively known as Napratep), but his role in Elamite beliefs remains uncertain.^[2]

He had a temple in Huhnur. The king Amar-Sin rebuilt it and returned a statue of the god.^[3]

References[]

^ W. M. F. Henkelman, Ruhurater [in:] Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie vol 11, 2008, p. 449
^ M. Jahangirfar, The Elamite Triads: Reflections on the Possible Continuities in Iranian Tradition, Iranica Antiqua 53, 2018, p. 113
^ F. Malbran-Labat, Elamite royal inscriptions [in] J. Álvarez-Mon, G. P. Basello, Y. Wicks (eds), The Elamite World, 2018, p. 465

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[1] W. M. F. Henkelman, Ruhurater [in:] Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie vol 11, 2008, p. 449

[2] M. Jahangirfar, The Elamite Triads: Reflections on the Possible Continuities in Iranian Tradition, Iranica Antiqua 53, 2018, p. 113

[3] F. Malbran-Labat, Elamite royal inscriptions [in] J. Álvarez-Mon, G. P. Basello, Y. Wicks (eds), The Elamite World, 2018, p. 465

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