Shamash
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Alternative forms
1.2
Etymology
1.3
Proper noun
English
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Mesopotamian Sun God Shamash ;
Assyrian
Relief, North-West Palace of
Nimrud
(room B, panel 23) ; 865–860 BC.
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Shamash
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Alternative forms
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Šamaš
Etymology
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From
Akkadian
Šamaš
, ultimately from
Proto-Semitic
*śamš-
. Compare
shin
.
Proper noun
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Shamash
The
sun
god
and god of justice in
Babylonia
and
Assyria
, corresponding to
Sumerian
Utu
.
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