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Humban (, dhu-um-ban, also dhu-ban, Huban) was an Elamite 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 theophoric names invoking him. He was connected with the concept of kitin, or divine protection.

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Deity.type
Elamite
Deity.name
Humban
Deity.deity_of
Divine bestower of kingship
Deity.cult_center
Awan (disputed)
Deity.equivalent1_type
Mesopotamian
Deity.equivalent1
Enlil

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11 sections
Contents
  • Character
  • Kitin
  • Worship
  • Achaemenid reception
  • Mesopotamian reception
  • Disputed and disproved proposals
  • Humban as another name of Napirisha
  • Humban and Humbaba
  • Humban and Haman
  • References
  • Bibliography

Humban (, dhu-um-ban, also dhu-ban, Huban) was an Elamite 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 theophoric names invoking him. He was connected with the concept of kitin, or divine protection.

Due to his role in religion of the neo-Elamite person, he was also worshiped by the earliest Persian rulers from the Achaemenid dynasty, as indicated by the Persepolis Administrative Archives, where he is mentioned more often even than Ahura Mazda.

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