Editing Resheph (section)

====Worship====
The offering list corresponding to the standard deity lists assigns a [[sheep|ram]] to Resheph as a sacrifice, similarly as to most of the other deities mentioned.{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=48}} In another offering list, he follows [[Shapash]], the sun goddess.{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=19}} Yet another similar text places him after Tiraṯu (a deity representing young [[wine]]) and before a [[Hypostasis (philosophy and religion)|hypostasis]] of [[Anat]], designated by the term ''ḫbly''.{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=21}} He received an ewe as a burnt sacrifice in this case.{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=69}} He also appears in a ritual which took place in Ra’šu-Yêni,{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=63}} “first of the wine”, the last month in the Ugaritic [[lunar calendar]], seemingly on the roof of the temple of [[El (deity)|El]], where shrines were set up for various deities in presence of the king.{{sfn|Pardee|2002|pp=56-57}} In this case, he received an ewe as a burnt offering, after a similar sacrifice made to [[Ṯukamuna-wa-Šunama]], and later separately a ram as a “peace offering”.{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=63}} RS 19.013, a tablet describing one of the so-called “contemplation rituals” whose form and function remain uncertain, also involves Resheph.{{sfn|Pardee|2002|pp=72-74}} He is additionally mentioned alongside various other deities in a short prayer for well-being,{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=152}} which according to Dennis Pardee might list gods viewed as the sons of El.{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=150}} Furthermore, the only among the many votive objects found in Ugarit to be identified by an accompanying inscription as an offering to a specific deity is a drinking vessel shaped like a lion's head, which a certain Nūrānu dedicated to "Resheph-''guni''" (''ršp gn'').{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=126}} Pardee assumes that the second element of the name is a toponym, Gunu, according to him a city located somewhere in [[Syria]],{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=283}} though it has also been suggested that this term refers to the royal [[necropolis]] in Ugarit, and that it might be related to [[Eblaite language|Eblaite]] ''gunnum''.{{sfn|Streck|2008|p=253}}

A [[Dual (grammatical number)|dual]] or [[plural]] form of Resheph's name, ''ršpm'', is also attested in ritual texts.{{sfn|Krebernik|2013|p=200}} Sacrifices to this group of deities took place in the royal palace.{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=215}} Manfred Krebernik presumes it can be connected to his various [[Hypostasis (philosophy and religion)|hypostases]] attested in Ugaritic texts, such as ''ršp idrm'' (meaning unknown), ''ršp bbt'' (“Resheph of Bibitta”), ''ršp mhbn'' (“Resheph of Mōhāban”), ''ršp mlk'' (“ Resheph of Mulukku”), ''ršp ṣbi'' (“Resheph of the army”) and  ''ršp ḥgb'' (possibly “Resheph of [[locusts]]”).{{sfn|Krebernik|2013|pp=199-200}} 

Eighty seven inhabitants of Ugarit bearing [[theophoric names]] invoking Resheph have been identified in known texts, with four of them being scribes.{{sfn|van Soldt|2016|p=100}} This makes him the third most common of the deities attested in this context,{{sfn|van Soldt|2016|p=105}} with El and [[Baal]] being more popular and Shapash and [[Teshub]] appearing with comparable frequency.{{sfn|van Soldt|2016|p=102}} The element ''ḥgb'' also appears in theophoric names on its own,{{sfn|Krebernik|2013|p=200}} with twenty five individual examples known, and Wilfred H. van Soldt proposed interpreting it as an attribute of Resheph in this context.{{sfn|van Soldt|2016|p=99}}