literary passage, both of which also mention Kušuḫ. Other lunar gods Kušuḫ was regarded as the Hurrian counterpart of Mesopotamian Sin. In Ugarit, he was additionally regarded as analogous to Yarikh. However, in the ritual KTU3 1.111 the two moon gods, accompanied by Nikkal, appear together and receive separate offerings, with instructions pertaining to Kušuḫ (and Nikkal) written in Hurrian, and these instead referring to Yarikh - in Ugaritic, possibly reflecting the bilingualism of the scribe. Especially in Kizzuwatna, the character of the Luwian moon god Arma were heavily influenced by Kušuḫ's. He also came to be portrayed identically to his Hurrian counterpart, in a pointed cap with a crescent symbol and with wings on his shoulders. Kušuḫ s name is sometimes linked by researchers with that of the Hattian moon god, conventionally assumed to bear the name Kašku, which might point at early contact between speakers of Hurrian and Hattic. However, Daniel Schwemer notes that it is possible the Hattian god was instead named Kab, as suggested in a recent alternate reading of the same passage on which the older assumption about his name relies. Worship Kušuḫ was a high-ranking, commonly worshiped god, and he is regarded by researchers as one of the "pan-Hurrian" deities, present in the pantheons of all areas where the Hurrian language was in use, from Kizzuwatna in modern Turkey to the Zagros Mountains, similar to Teššub, Šauška, Kumarbi or Nabarbi. He appears in theophoric names from both eastern and western Hurrian cities. Examples include Eḫlip-Kušuḫ ("Kušuḫ saves"), attested in Mari (Tell Hariri) and Tigunani, Arip-Kušuḫ ("Kušuḫ gave"), known from the former of these sites, and Ḫazip-Kušuḫ ("Kušuḫ heard"), with a wide distribution, including attestations from Mari, Chagar Bazar, Shekhna/Shubat-Enlil (Tell Leilan), and Tigunani. Names with Umbu as a theophoric element are known too, examples include Mut-Umpi from Mari and Arip-Umpi from Nuzi. According to Gernot Wilhelm, there is no indication that Kušuḫ was particularly strongly associated with any specific city. A double temple dedicated to him and Teššub existed in Šuriniwe in the eastern Hurrian kingdom of Arrapha. He was one of the principal deities in the state pantheon of Mitanni as well, and in the treaty between Šuppiluliuma I and Šattiwaza appears right behind Teššub, the head of the pantheon. In offering lists from western Hurrian centers, he appears as a member of the circle of deities (kaluti) of the same god. Ugaritic