SHAMASH-SHUM-UKIN

Meaning of SHAMASH-SHUM-UKIN in English

flourished 7th century BC crown prince of Babylon, son of Esarhaddon and brother of Ashurbanipal, the last of the great kings of Assyria. He led a coalition of Arabic tribes against Ashurbanipal, but, after being starved out by his brother's siege of Babylon (684 BC), he capitulated. According to tradition, Shamash-shum-ukin committed suicide by making a pyre of his palace, treasury, and concubines.

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SHAMASH-SHUM-UKIN — Шамаш-шум-укин
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SHAMASH — In Sin , and the goddess Ishtar , was part of an astral triad of divinities. As the solar god, …
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SHAMASH — I. see shamas II. noun see shammash
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SHAMASH — (Akkadian), Sumerian Utu in Mesopotamian religion, the god of the sun, who, with the moon god, Sin (Sumerian: Nanna), and …
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SHAMASH — In Mesopotamian religion , the god of the sun, who, with his father, Sin , and the goddess Ishtar , …
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SHAMASH — [Mesopotamian] The sun. For the Sumerians he was principally the judge and law-giver with some fertility attributes. For the Semites …
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SHUM — bad
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SHAMASH — Шамаш
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SARDANAPALUS — also spelled Sardanapallus, legendary king of Assyria. He apparently represents an amalgamation of the characters and tragic fates of three …
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CYRUS I — flourished 7th century BC Achaemenian king, the son of Teispes and grandfather of Cyrus II the Great; he had control …
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ШАМАШ-ШУМ-УКИН — Shamash-shum-ukin
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SUN WORSHIP — Veneration of the sun or its representation as a deity. It appears in several early cultures, notably in ancient Egypt, …
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SIPPAR — Ancient city, Babylonia . It is located southwest of modern Baghdad on the Euphrates River . From the 3rd millennium …
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SIN — Sumerian Nanna In He was the father of {{link=Shamash">Shamash and, in some myths, of Ishtar . Sin was thought to …
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MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGIONS — Religious beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and later of their successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians, who inhabited …
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ETANA EPIC — Ancient Mesopotamian myth concerning dynastic succession. The gods chose Etana as the first king, but his wife, though pregnant, could …
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SHAMAS — or shamash variant of shammash
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UTU — /ooh"tooh/ , n. the Sumerian sun god: the counterpart of the Akkadian Shamash.
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SUN WORSHIP — veneration of the sun or a representation of the sun as a deity, as in Atonism in Egypt in the …
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STELA — also spelled Stele (Greek: shaft, or pillar) ,plural Stelae standing stone slab used in the ancient world primarily as a …
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SHAMMASH — also spelled Shamash, or Shammas (Hebrew: servant), plural Shammashim, Shamashim, or Shammasim, salaried sexton in a Jewish synagogue whose duties …
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SUTAEAN — member of an ancient Semitic group of tribes that roamed the Syrian desert. By the first half of the 2nd …
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SIPPAR — modern Abu Habbah ancient city of Babylonia, located southwest of present Baghdad, central Iraq. Sippar was subject to the 1st …
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SIN — (Akkadian), Sumerian Nanna in Mesopotamian religion, the god of the moon. Sin was the father of the sun god, Shamash …
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RASSAM, HORMUZD — born 1826, Mosul, Ottoman Mesopotamia [now in Iraq] died 1910 Assyriologist who excavated some of the finest Assyrian and Babylonian …
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MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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MANDELSHTAM, OSIP EMILYEVICH — born Jan. 3 [Jan. 15, New Style], 1891, Warsaw, Pol., Russian Empire [now in Poland] died Dec. 27, 1938?, Vtoraya …
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MALAKBEL — (AramaicMessenger of Baal) West Semitic sun god and messenger god, worshiped primarily in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra; he …
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ISHTAR — (Akkadian), Sumerian Inanna in Mesopotamian religion, goddess of war and sexual love. Ishtar is the Akkadian counterpart of the West …
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HATRA — Arabic al-Hadr ruined city located in the Al-Jazirah region of present-day northern Iraq, 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Baghdad …
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GULLAH — creole language based on English, spoken by former black slaves and their descendants (also called Gullahs and Geechees, West African …
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GILGAMESH — the best known of all ancient Mesopotamian heroes. Numerous tales in the Akkadian language have been told about Gilgamesh, and …
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ETANA EPIC — ancient Mesopotamian tale concerned with the question of dynastic succession. In the beginning, according to the epic, there was no …
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ASHUR — also spelled Assur, modern Qal'at Sharqat ancient religious capital of Assyria, located on the west bank of the Tigris River …
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RATEABLE — [adjective] [not gradable] UKIn the past in Britain, a rateable value was an official value given to a building, based …
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SCORPION MEN — [Mesopotamian] In Babylonian mythology scorpion men were the children of Tiamat, the dragon mother of the universe. They were giants …
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ETANA — [Mesopotamian] The thirteenth god-king of the Sumerian dynasty ruling the city of Kish. He was appointed by Anu himself. Etana …
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SOCIETY — сущ. 1) общество to polarize a society ≈ разделить общество на два противоположных лагеря to unite a society ≈ объединить …
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SOCIETY — сущ. 1) общество to polarize a society ≈ разделить общество на два противоположных лагеря to unite a society ≈ объединить …
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