SHAMASH

Meaning of SHAMASH in English

[Mesopotamian] The sun. For the Sumerians he was principally the judge and law-giver with some fertility attributes. For the Semites he was also a victorious warrior, the god of wisdom, the son of Sin, and 'greater than his father'. He was the husband and brother of Ishtar. Shamash is represented with the saw with which he cuts decisions. In the Mesopotamian poems 'Shamash' may mean the god, or simply the sun.

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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 — Шамаш
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SHAMASH-SHUM-UKIN — flourished 7th century BC crown prince of Babylon, son of Esarhaddon and brother of Ashurbanipal, the last of the great …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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