protector of oaths, otherwise commonly associated with underworld deities in Hurrian culture. Ugaritic texts refer to him as the "king of the (oracular) decisions" as well, marking him as a deity associated with oracles. A depiction of Kušuḫ is known from the reliefs showing a procession of deities in the Yazılıkaya sanctuary, with the figure representing him being assigned the number 35 in scholarly treatments of this site. He is depicted as winged, and his pointed cap is adorned with a lunar crescent. A possible artistic portrayal of Kušuḫ has also been identified on the golden bowl of Hasanlu, sometimes assumed to be a late example of art inspired by motifs from Hurrian mythology, on which a moon god is shown traveling in a chariot drawn by mules. Associations with other deities Family and court Kušuḫ 's wife was Nikkal, derived from the Mesopotamian goddess Ningal. Umbu, either an alternate name of Kušuḫ or a separate deity assimilated with him, appears alongside Nikkal in Hurrian texts too. In Ugarit, she was recognized as the wife of both Kušuḫ and the local god Yarikh, but since she is best attested in texts written in Hurrian rather than in Ugaritic, Gabriele Theuer concludes that she was most likely only introduced to the city by the Hurrians. She also reached the Hittite pantheon through Hurrian mediation. Kušuḫ was also associated with Ishara due to their shared role as divine protectors of oaths. Piotr Taracha points out that it might be significant that she was already linked with another lunar god, Saggar, in the third millennium BCE in Ma-NEki, as attested in texts from Ebla. A passage labeling Teššub as a son of Kušuḫ is known, but as it is entirely isolated and no further known documents refer to such a connection between these two gods, Daniel Schwmer remarks that it is difficult to evaluate its significance. In a tradition most likely influenced by Mesopotamian views on divine genealogy, Šauška, usually the sister of Teššub, was regarded as the daughter of the moon god too. It has been proposed by Meindert Dijkstra that the god Tapšuwari was regarded as the sukkal (attendant deity) of Kušuḫ, though he has also been interpreted as one of the members of the circle of Kumarbi. Attestations of Tapšuwari are limited to a single fragment of the Hurrian version of the myth Song of Ullikummi, and a single other