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 (died 2400 BC) 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, Joseph Pagan, interpreted the king's name as derived from the root ...
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
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might have came under the rule of Ebla during his reign. Following his death, he was
deified 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 monarchs
23rd-century BC monarchs
Kings of Ebla
Deified male monarchs
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