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175:, as a variant of his name, Pin-Kammamma, "child Kammamma" or "son Kammamma", is likely to designate him as a similar youthful vegetation god. He argues that the possible etymological connection between the names of Kammamma and Ammamma likely reflects a shared connection with wild nature. 197:. However, Piotr Taracha stresses that it cannot necessarily be assumed that his symbolic animal was a deer, despite the proposals that it was universally associated with Hittite tutelary deities. 266:
and the sun goddess of Arinna, which according to Piotr Taracha likely reflects the importance of his cult center, which might have served as a temporary royal residence during the reign of
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are known. Piotr Taracha suggests it referred to a memorial to a deceased member of the royal family protected by a specific deity. Similar houses of worship are also attested for
262:, Kammamma attained a degree of importance in the state pantheon. He sometimes appears in enumerations of deities immediately after the heads of the pantheon, 223:, could be in some cases translated into Hattic as Kattelikammamma, "the king's Kammamma". This reflected a broader phenomenon of inventing Hattic names for 319: 182:". In some cases his name could be represented by the logogram LAMMA, which was also used to write names of various members of this category, such as 247:. His cult center was most likely the homophonous city, where he was presumably regarded as the head of the local pantheon. He was also worshiped in 178:
Carlo Corti, relying on the fact Kammamma's name is identical with that of a city, concludes this deity belonged to "the category of tutelary local
308: 297: 157: 146: 288:, which is presumed to reflect Hattian influence on their culture. In Palaic rituals he appears as a member of a group which also included 171:(Mamma), and translates it as "high Mamma". However, he concluded Kammamma was regarded as a male deity whose character was comparable to 614: 95:) and might have been associated with vegetation. He attained a degree of importance in the Hittite state pantheon in the 232: 668: 119:
origin. It is identical with the name of a Bronze Age city located in northern Anatolia, though they were written in
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REX), which had Luwian origin and was used to designate the personal protective deity of the
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Popko, Maciej (2007). "Zur luwischen Komponente in den Religionen Altanatoliens".
604: 293: 285: 191: 187: 151: 116: 99:, and in some cases he is listed in hierarchically arranged lists directly after 84: 56: 643: 562: 313: 259: 96: 681: 651: 570: 124: 600: 263: 220: 142: 100: 578: 546: 267: 547:"Along the Road to Nerik: Local Panthea of Hittite Northern Anatolia" 68: 244: 80: 76: 52: 48: 167:
notes that the name is most likely related to that of the goddess
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pair with the Hattic names Yaḫšul-Ištarazzil ("heaven-earth").
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References to a sanctuary of Kammamma designated by the term
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and an unspecified deity designated by the logogram LAMMA.
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Index

Arinna
Hattians
Hittites
Palaians
romanized
Hattian
Hittites
Palaians
tutelary deities
LAMMA
Old Hittite period
Tarḫunna
sun goddess of Arinna
Hattic
cuneiform
determinatives
dingir
uru
Volkert Haas
Maciej Popko
pl
Piotr Taracha
de
Ammamma
Telipinu
numens
Innara
Inar
Luwian
Runtiya

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