![]() ![]() He was called lord of many cities: of Tuttul, Irim, Ma-Ne, Zarad, Uguash, Siwad, and Sipishu.ĭagan is mentioned occasionally in early Sumerian texts but becomes prominent only in later Assyro-Babylonian inscriptions as a powerful and warlike protector, sometimes equated with Enki. Dagan is called ti-lu ma-tim, "dew of the land" and Be-ka-na-na, possibly "Lord of Canaan". ![]() ![]() One entire quarter of Ebla and one of its gates were named after Dagan. Both were worshipped in a large temple complex called E-Mul, "House of the Star". His consort was known only as Belatu, "Lady". The god Dagon first appears in extant records about 2500 BC in the Mari texts and in personal Amorite names in which the Mesopotamian gods Ilu ( Ēl), Dagan, and Adad are especially common.Īt Ebla (Tell Mardikh), from at least 2300 BC, Dagan was the head of the city pantheon comprising some 200 deities and bore the titles BE- DINGIR- DINGIR, "Lord of the gods" and Bekalam, "Lord of the land". ![]()
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