During the [[Hittite New Kingdom]], she was identified with the [[Hurrian religion|Hurrian]]-Syrian goddess [[Ḫepat]] and the Hittite Queen [[Puduḫepa]] mentions her in her prayers using both names:
<blockquote>Sun goddess of Arinna, my lady, queen of all lands! In the Land of Ḫatti, you ordained your name to be the "Sun goddess of Arinna", but also in the land which you have made the land of the cedar, you ordained your name to be Ḫepat.<br> ___[Hittite texts|CTH]] ___CTH 384<ref>Dietrich Sürenhagen: ''Zwei Gebete Ḫattušilis und der Puduḫepa. Textliche und literaturhistorische Untersuchungen''; [[Altorientalische Forschungen|Aof]] '''8''' (1981), pp. 83–168.</ref></blockquote>
== Royal ideology==