Itūr-Mēr
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title:
Itūr-Mēr
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Itūr-Mēr was a Mesopotamian god worshiped in the kingdom of Mari, and after its fall in the kingdom of Khana, especially in Terqa. His name is structured like a theophoric name rather than a typical theonym, which lead to the proposal that he was originally a deified hero or ancestral figure. An alternative theory considers him a hypostasis of the god Mēr, though unlike him he was not a weather deity. The worship of Itūr-Mēr is best documented in sources from the reign of king Zimri-Lim, which i
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Tutelary god of Mari in ancient Mesopotamia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%C5%ABr-M%C4%93r
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2024-04-26T21:28:39Z
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