Zilipuri, also known as Zilipuru[1] or Zilipura[2] was a god of Hattian origin worshiped by the Hittites in Bronze Age Anatolia.
[3] Piotr Taracha [de] argues that in late Hittite texts instead of being written phonetically it could be represented by the logogram dU.GUR.
[5] However, Gernot Wilhelm [de] instead suggests that while dU.GUR does take an analogous position as Zilipuri in late enumerations of deities, this should be interpreted as an indication that a deity represented by it (either Nergal following the Mesopotamian writing convention or Šulinkatte) replaced Zilipuri in the thirteenth century BCE.
[12] He was among the deities who received offerings during the KI.LAM [de] festival centered on the local pantheon of Hattusa and other nearby cities.
[14] He appears as one of the members of this deity s circle in the purulli, a spring festival of Hattian origin focused on worship of the earth.