Amurru
/əˈmʊr.uː/noun
Amurru was the Mesopotamian name for the Amorite people, their western homeland, and a related deity of the steppe and mountains.
Did you know?In Mesopotamian religion, Amurru was not merely an ethnic label: he could appear as a divine mountain-and-steppe figure associated with the Amorites and the wild lands beyond settled cities.
Etymological Timeline
Late 3rd Millennium BCE
Sumerian
MAR.TU
“A Sumerian designation for western peoples and lands beyond Mesopotamia, often associated with the Amorites.”
Early 2nd Millennium BCE
Akkadian
Amurrū
“The Amorite people or westerners; the term could also refer to their homeland and associated deity.”
2nd Millennium BCE
Akkadian
Amurru
“The divine personification of the Amorite West, portrayed in Mesopotamian texts as a mountain- and steppe-associated god.”
2nd–1st Millennium BCE
Hebrew
ʾĔmōrī
“The Amorite people, one of the groups named in the Hebrew Bible.”
Classical Antiquity
Greek
Amorraioi
“A Greek form referring to the Amorites.”
Modern English
English
Amurru
“A scholarly name for the Amorites, their western region, or the Mesopotamian deity connected with them.”