Samnuha is a deity in Mesopotamian folklore, from Lower Habur (Shadikanni / Tell 'Ağağa). Samnuha (also Samanuha) is a Hurrian-origin tutelary deity of the city Shadikanni (Šadikanni; modern Tell 'Ağağa) in the lower Habur region. He is attested in Hurrian ritual lists (e.g., Tākultu), temple inscriptions (including a Middle Assyrian renovation), Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions as a personal god of a provincial governor, and in theophoric personal names into the Achaemenid period.
Samnuha is attested as a local tutelary god of Shadikanni and is generally regarded as of Hurrian origin. A theonym Šamanminuḫi, known from the treaty of Shattiwaza, is assumed to be the same deity, linking him to Mitanni/Hurrian political-religious contexts. His cult is evidenced by a temple in Shadikanni renovated by the local ruler Bel‑Eresh (a contemporary of Ashur-resh-ishi I), and he appears among Hurrian deities in the ritual Tākultu (from Taite). Later sources record Samanuha as the personal god of Mushezib-Ninurta in an inscription of Ashurnasirpal II, and theophoric personal names show continued worship into the Achaemenid period, indicating continuity of this local cult across Hurrian, Middle and Neo-Assyrian, and Achaemenid-era contexts.
No iconographic or descriptive evidence for Samnuha's physical appearance survives in the referenced sources. Archaeological and epigraphic attestations demonstrate the existence of a temple cult (for example, the renovation of his temple by Bel‑Eresh), but the surviving record contains no depiction, anthropomorphic description, or attributes that would permit reconstruction of his iconography.
The sources do not attribute a catalogue of mythic powers or specific functional domains (such as storm, fertility, or underworld rulership) to Samnuha. His attested roles are civic and cultic: he functioned as the tutelary patron of Shadikanni, was included among Hurrian deities in ritual compilations (Tākultu), served as the personal god of at least one provincial governor (Mushezib-Ninurta in Ashurnasirpal II's inscription), and was invoked in theophoric personal names. These attestations indicate a protective and legitimating role typical of local city gods rather than documented supraregional or mythic exploits.
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