Resheph
Eblaite · deity · eblaite 3rd millennium bce · deity
Rasap, the Eblaite form of the West Semitic god Resheph, was one of the principal members of the Ebla pantheon in the third millennium BCE. A god of plague and war, he held one of the four named gates of the city and was venerated in several hypostases attached to nearby settlements, among them Rasap of Gunu (whose temple, e dRa-sa-ap gu-nu, has been used to restore the Ugaritic rsp gn) and Rasap of Tunip. The Eblaites identified him with the Mesopotamian Nergal. His wife at Ebla was the goddess Adamma, an association peculiar to the Eblaite tradition and not continued elsewhere.
Domains
- plague
- war
Powers
- to inflict plague and the death of battle
Epithets
- dRa-sa-ap gu-nuKI
Relations
- spouse: Adamma