This page is about the
deity Amurru. For the people that worshipped this deity, see
Amorite Amurru (or Martu) are names given in
Akkadian and
Sumerian texts to the god of the
Amorite/Amurru people, often forming part of personal names. He is sometimes called
Ilu Amurru (DINGIR DMAR.TU).This god Amurru/Martu is sometimes described as a 'shepherd', and as a son of the sky-god
Anu. He is sometimes called bêlu šadī or bêl šadê, 'lord of the mountain'; dúr-hur-sag-gá sikil-a-ke, 'He who dwells on the pure mountain'; and kur-za-gan ti-[la], 'who inhabits the shining mountain'. In
Cappadocian Zinčirli inscriptions he is called ì-li a-bi-a, 'the god of my
father'.
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[Mesopotamian] An Akkadian mountain god and a god of nomads. He is equated with the Sumerian god Martu. His consort is Beletseri.