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552: 326: 535:, Humban was the same god as Napirisha, with the latter being a "taboo name" of the former. Similarly, Kiririsha was held to be a taboo name of Pinikir rather than a distinct deity. This view has been commonly criticized from the 1980s onward, with some doubts about the former case expressed as early as 1901, and it is no longer supported by experts today. Due to its prevalence in the past, some older publications overestimate the number of inscriptions referring to Humban by treating the logogram GAL or DINGIR.GAL, corresponding to Napirisha (Elamite: "great god;" the 366:, appears only ten times). It has been argued that in this period, he should be regarded as a Persian god, rather than a strictly Elamite one. Overall he received the most offerings of all deities attested in textual sources.The amount of grain offered to him by the Achaemenid administration was more than thrice as big as that offered to Auramazdā. Offerings to him are designated as 284:) origin. The treaty has been used as evidence of Humban being a god originating in Awan, or already occupying an important position in the "Awanite" pantheon in the third millennium BCE, but Wouter Henkelman suggests that caution is necessary, as he is only mentioned once in this document, while Inshushinak, who on the account of being the tutelary god of 374:, and can be translated as "(feast) of the offering to (a) god". It accordingly likely designated a public feast. Similar celebrations are attested only for a small number of other deities. Wouter Henkelman suggests that the references to bakadaušiyam of Humban are therefore likely to reflect his popularity and status as a royal god. 456:. This equation was most likely based on their shared role as sources of royal power in the respective cultures, as no evidence in favor or against attributing any other functions of Enlil (such as determination of fates or control over weather) to Humban is available. Based on the equation of Humban with Enlil and 346:, who reigned around 1350 BCE. Neo-Elamite rulers whose inscriptions mention Humban include Hanni of Ayapir, Tepti-Humban-Inshushinak, and possibly Atta-hamiti-Inshushinak. An inscription of Tepti-Humban-Inshushinak indicates that among the clergy of Humban in his times there was a high priestess. 196:
upon rulers. The term is often translated as "divine protection", but its meaning was most likely more broad, and in individual sources it might designate concepts such as "god-given royal power", "divinely-enforced legal protection", "legal authority", "legal order" or even "divine emblem". Other
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The popularity of Humban seemingly increased in the Neo-Elamite period, as indicated by the high number of theophoric names invoking him. At least thirteen Neo-Elamite kings or claimants to the throne, roughly a half of Elamite rulers from this period, bore such names. Examples include
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went as far as suggesting that the prominence of Humban in the Neo-Elamite period influenced the position of Ahura Mazda in later religious traditions of the Persians, but Henkelman considers this proposal to be entirely speculative. It is nonetheless plausible that the concept of
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proposed that Jabru was regarded as the father of Humban. However, Jabru is not attested in any Elamite sources, but only in Mesopotamian ones, and sometimes was himself described as the Elamite counterpart of Enlil. For example, according to the god list
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are derived from specific deities critically, and points out it does not represent academic consensus. She additionally criticizes her for avoiding the mention of any alternate views about the development of the discussed text.
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A number of Elamite topographical names invoked Humban, for example Til Humba, "hill of Humban", located near the western border of Elam, or the town Zila-Humban located in the Fahliyan area, possibly near Kurangun.
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is largely limited to administrative texts in earlier periods, and only starts to appear in royal inscriptions in Neo-Elamite times. In personal names, its use prior to this period is limited to sources from Malyan.
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entirely rule out the possibility of a connection between the names on phonological grounds. They argue a Persian etymology is more plausible, and suggest a relation to personal names such as Hamanā and Hamayun.
177:("high", "exalted"), but it is unclear if a passage in which it is attested should be interpreted as referring to the god as "Humban the Exalted", or if it instead denotes the location of his temple. 291:
A text from Susa roughly contemporary with the Naram-Sin treaty mentions a day during which grain was offered to Humban, though it does not specify where did it take place. In the following
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god. He is already attested in the earliest sources preserving information about Elamite religion, but seemingly only grew in importance in the neo-Elamite period, in which many kings had
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It is not clear when Humban became a god associated with kingship, but it might have been a theological innovation of the Neo-Elamite period. Similarly, the term
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Humban's supremacy over other gods could be acknowledged in temples not dedicated to him, for example it is presumed that the Ayapir sanctuary from which the
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Wouter Henkelman more cautiously notes that it has been proposed that Haman's name might be a theophoric name invoking Humban. However, Frans van Koppen and
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was regarded as the head of the pantheon, further east the position of Humban was higher. At the same time, with the exception of documents from the
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van Koppen, Frans; van der Toorn, Karel (1999), "Humban", in van der Toorn, Karel; Becking, Bob; van der Horst, Pieter W. (eds.),
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was taken to Assyria, has been identified with Humban by some researchers, but there is no plausible explanation for the element
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Bartelmus, Alexa (2017). "Die Götter der Kassitenzeit. Eine Analyse ihres Vorkommens in zeitgenössischen Textquellen".
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Most locations where Humban was worshiped in the Achemenid period were towns located close to the royal road network.
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and Tepti-Humban-Inshushinak. For comparison, only two are attested from earlier times, namely Huba-simti from the
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in a review of Dalley's work states that she is reluctant to accept her hypotheses about the development of the
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The other gods who are: studies in Elamite-Iranian acculturation based on the Persepolis fortification texts
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in this document. The other divine witnesses enumerated include deities of both Elamite (for example
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Brosius, Maria (2014). "Stephanie Dalley, Esther's Revenge At Susa: From Sennacherib To Ahasuerus".
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Due to his role in religion of the neo-Elamite person, he was also worshiped by the earliest
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A clay plaque depicting Humbaba, in the past erroneously assumed to be related to Humban.
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gods were believed to bestow it too, for example Inshushinak, Tepti and Tirutur, but the
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While in past scholarship it has been assumed that Humban might have been the model for
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epithet is known was most likely dedicated to the local god Tirutur, rather tha Humban.
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of Humban was regarded as the most important for the kings in the Neo-Elamite period.
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it is assumed it was initially an ordinary personal name used in Mesopotamia.
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In the Middle Elamite period (second half of the second millennium BCE), king
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Koch, Heidemarie (1995). "Theology and worship in Elam and Achaemenid Iran".
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would not necessarily play a major role in Awan, is mentioned six times.
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According to another no longer accepted theory, originally proposed by
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period, Humban does not appear in texts discovered further east than
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Assyrian relief depicting the capture of king Humban-haltash III.
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Ammankasibar, a god whose statue according to the annals of
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in multiple cases. This term, while Elamite, is a loan from
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and Inshushinak. The same king also rebuilt a "residence" (
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Most of the nineteen priests (eight of them designated as
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Esther's Revenge at Susa: From Sennacherib to Ahasuerus
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period, the only evidence of the worship of Humban are
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Index

Awan
Enlil
Elamite
Elamite
theophoric names
Persian
Achaemenid dynasty
Persepolis Administrative Archives
Ahura Mazda
Elam
Inshushinak
Acheamenid
Izeh
Khuzestan
Elamite religion
Akkadian
Daivā Inscription
Xerxes I
Elamite
Persian
Treaty of Naram-Sin of Akkad
Khita
Awan
Pinikir
Simut
Ilaba
Ishara
Manzat
Ninkarrak
Ninurta

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