Bunene

The ancient Mesopotamian deity Bunene, inscribed in cuneiform sumerograms as ^dḪAR and phonetically as ^dbu-ne-ne, was a subordinate to and sukkal ("vizier") or charioteer of the sun-god Šamaš, whom he drove from the eastern horizon at dawn to the doorway of the interior of heaven in the west at dusk in a daily ritual.^[1] Like his overlord Šamaš, Bunene had a sanctuary, the é.kur.ra, or "House of the Mountain", at Sippar, modern Abu Habbah which was rebuilt by Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire^[2] and he also featured in the pantheons at Uruk and Larsa, where his patron was also venerated.^[3]

^ Jeremy Black; Graham Cunningham; Eleanor Robson; Gábor Zólyomi (2006). The Literature of Ancient Sumer. Oxford University Press. p. 126.
^ A. R. George (1993). House Most High: The Temples of Ancient Mesopotamia. Eisenbrauns. p. 118.
^ Paul-Alain Beaulieu (2003). The Pantheon of Uruk During the Neo-Babylonian Period. Brill. p. 371.

[1] Jeremy Black; Graham Cunningham; Eleanor Robson; Gábor Zólyomi (2006). The Literature of Ancient Sumer. Oxford University Press. p. 126.

[2] A. R. George (1993). House Most High: The Temples of Ancient Mesopotamia. Eisenbrauns. p. 118.

[3] Paul-Alain Beaulieu (2003). The Pantheon of Uruk During the Neo-Babylonian Period. Brill. p. 371.

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