Resheph (also Reshef and many other variants, see below; Eblaite , Rašap, , ršp, Egyptian '', , ršp, Rešep̄'') was a god associated with war and plague, originally worshiped in Ebla in the third millennium BCE. He was one of the main members of the local pantheon, and was worshiped in numerous hypostases, some of which were associated with other nearby settlements, such as Tunip. He was associated with the goddess Adamma, who was his spouse in Eblaite tradition. Eblaites considered him and the Mesopotamian god Nergal to be equivalents, most likely based on their shared role as war deities.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Eblaite
- Deity.name
- Resheph
- Deity.other_names
- Iršappa, Rušpan (disputed)
- Deity.hiero
- r:S-p-w-A40 or r:S-p-W-G7
- Deity.image
- File:Resheph.svg
- Deity.image_upright
- .8
- Deity.god_of
- God of war and disease
- Deity.cult_center
- Ebla, Adanni, Tunip, Ugarit, Bibitta, Deir el-Medina, Idalion
- Deity.planet
- Mars
- Deity.weapons
- bow, arrow, shield
- Deity.animals
- gazelle, horse
- Deity.equivalent1
- Nergal
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Mesopotamian
- Deity.equivalent2
- Nupatik
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Hurrian
- Deity.equivalent3
- Montu
- Deity.equivalent3_type
- Egyptian
- Deity.equivalent4
- Runtiya
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Resheph
- worshipped by
- Canaanite religion
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- name in hiero markup
- r:S-p-w-A40
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