Shamash

See also: shamash

English

Mesopotamian Sun God Shamash ; Assyrian Relief, North-West Palace of Nimrud (room B, panel 23) ; 865–860 BC.

Alternative forms

• Šamaš

Etymology

From Akkadian Šamaš, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *śamš-. Compare shin.

Proper noun

Shamash

1. The sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.