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Shamash
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shamash
English
thumb|Mesopotamian Sun God Shamash ; Assyrian Relief, North-West Palace of Nimrud (room B, panel 23) ; 865–860 BC.
Alternative forms
en Šamaš
Etymology
From en akk Šamaš, ultimately from en sem-pro *śamš-. Compare en shin.
Proper noun
The sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.
en Akkad Babylonia Mesopotamian deities