Humban
Elamite · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
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
- spouse: KiririshaIn the Neo-Elamite pantheon Kiririsha appears as the consort of Humban, king of the gods — the later pairing beside her Middle Elamite union with Napirisha.W. Hinz, The Lost World of Elam (1972) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Old Elamite treaty of Naram-Sin (c. 2254–2218 BCE) (primary); Encyclopaedia Iranica, ELAM vi. Elamite religion (secondary)