Humban
Elamite · deity · mythic · deity
Great god of the Elamite highlands; bestower of kitin (divine royal protection), prominent from the Neo-Elamite period.
Domains
- kingship
- divine sovereignty
- justice
Powers
- Grant kings divinely-enforced royal power and legal authority
- Sanction and protect sworn royal oaths and order
- Bestowing kitin, divine royal protection
Relations
Sources
- Old Elamite treaty of Naram-Sin (c. 2254–2218 BCE)
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, ELAM vi. Elamite religion
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