Šumugan, Šamagan, Šumuqan or Šakkan[1] (𒀭𒄊) was a god worshipped in Mesopotamia and ancient Syria.
[5] His western cult center in the Ebla period was seemingly the settlement ME.NE, which belonged to the kingdom of Nagar.
[13] Based on the fact that the worship of Šamagan was widespread in Syrian polities such Nagar and Mari, Alfonso Archi proposes that he initially developed in the same area, possibly among speakers of "proto-Akkadian" language who introduced him to southern Mesopotamia.
Šumugan's wife was Ellamesi, regarded as the goddess of wool,[7] though Frans Wiggermann notes that unlike another agricultural god, Dumuzi, he was generally not portrayed in romantic context.
[4] According to a seal inscription from Lagash, his sukkal (attendant deity) was Edinmugi (Sumerian: "he secured the plains").
"[10] In Hittite sources the logographic writing SUMUQAN (or GÌR) designates the deity Miyatanzipa [de].