Kun-Damu (also Qum-Damu) was a king (
Malikum) of the first
Eblaite kingdom ruling c. 2400 BC.
The king's name is translated as "Arise, O Damu".
Kun-Damu is attested in the
archives
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of Ebla dated two generations after his reign.
According to
Alfonso Archi, he was a contemporary of
Saʿumu
Saʿumu was a king (Lugal) of the second Mari, Syria#The second kingdom, Mariote kingdom who reigned c. 2416–2400 BC. Some scholars, such as Joseph Martin Pagan, interpreted the king's name as derived from the root "ś-y-m", a cognate of the Akk ...
of
Mari.
The archives of Ebla records the defeat of Mari in the 25th century BC, and based on the estimations for his reign, Kun-Damu might be the Eblaite king who inflicted this defeat upon Mari.
Aleppo might have came under the rule of Ebla during his reign. Following his death, he was
deified
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and his cult was attested in Ebla for at least 30 years after his reign.
See also
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Eblaite-Mariote war
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24th-century BC rulers
Kings of Ebla
Deified people
24th-century BC people
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