Shamash

E196147
Mesopotamian deity justice deity oracular deity sun god

Shamash is the Mesopotamian sun god associated with justice, truth, and divination.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Shamash canonical 71
sun god Shamash 3
Mesopotamian god Shamash 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian deity ⓘ
justice deity ⓘ
oracular deity ⓘ
sun god ⓘ
appearsOn Code of Hammurabi stele ⓘ
associatedWith divination ⓘ
fair trials ⓘ
judgment ⓘ
justice ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
law ⓘ
oaths ⓘ
oracles ⓘ
sun ⓘ
truth ⓘ
children Kittu ⓘ
Mesharu ⓘ
Misharu ⓘ
consort Aya ⓘ
cultTitle bēl mīšari (lord of justice) ⓘ
šar kittim u mīšarim (king of truth and justice) ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
domain daylight ⓘ
heavenly journey across the sky ⓘ
equivalentInSumerian Utu ⓘ
functionInCodeOfHammurabi divine source of royal law ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
majorCultCenter Assur ⓘ
linked to: Ashur

Babylon ⓘ
Larsa ⓘ
Sippar ⓘ
oftenDepictedAs bearded god with rays emanating from shoulders ⓘ
god seated on a throne ⓘ
parent Ningal ⓘ
linked to: Ninhursag

Sin ⓘ
role guarantor of contracts ⓘ
judge of gods and men ⓘ
patron of diviners ⓘ
protector of the weak ⓘ
sibling Ereshkigal ⓘ
Ishtar ⓘ
linked to: Inanna
symbol rod and ring ⓘ
saw ⓘ
solar disk ⓘ
sun rays ⓘ
timePeriodOfWorship 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
underworldRole judge of the dead at night ⓘ
worshippedIn Akkadian religion ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamian religion

Assyrian religion ⓘ
Babylonian religion ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian polytheism

Sumerian religion ⓘ
worshipPractices daily offerings in temples ⓘ
divination rituals ⓘ
prayers for legal success ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (77)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hatra → mainDeityVenerated → Shamash ⓘ
Inanna → sibling → Shamash ⓘ
Sippar → associatedWithDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Sippar → majorCultCenterOf → Shamash ⓘ
Sippar → mainTempleDedicatedTo → Shamash ⓘ
Sippar → majorDeityInCity → Shamash ⓘ
Babylonian polytheism → majorDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Akkadians → majorDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Babylonians → majorDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Hammurabi → depictedWithDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Hammurabi → claimedAuthorityFrom → Shamash ⓘ
Sun goddess of Arinna → equatedWith → Mesopotamian Šamaš (in function) ⓘ
linked to: Shamash
Temple of Shamash at Hatra → dedicatedTo → Shamash ⓘ
subject linked to: temple of Shamash
Temple of Shamash at Hatra → associatedDeity → Shamash ⓘ
subject linked to: temple of Shamash
Temple of Shamash at Hatra → hasMainDeity → Shamash ⓘ
subject linked to: temple of Shamash
Shivini → equatedWith → Shamash ⓘ
Sin → child → Shamash ⓘ
Ereshkigal → sibling → Shamash ⓘ
Utu → equivalentTo → Shamash ⓘ
Nanna → child → Shamash ⓘ
Gilgamesh → associatedWithDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Larsa → hasMainDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Ninsun → relatedTo → Shamash ⓘ
defeat of Humbaba → supportedBy → Shamash ⓘ
defeat of Humbaba → associatedWithDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Shalmaneser III → worshippedDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Assyrian religion → pantheonIncludes → Shamash ⓘ
Mesopotamian religion → hasCentralDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Ebabbar → dedicatedTo → Shamash ⓘ
Ebabbar → hasDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Ebabbar → principalTempleOf → Shamash ⓘ
Tell Abu Habbah → dedicatedToDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Aya → spouse → Shamash ⓘ
Aya → consortOf → Shamash ⓘ
Aya → associatedDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Sîn → child → Shamash ⓘ
Sîn → associatedWithDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Amorite dynasty of Larsa → mainDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Rim-Sin I → patronDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Manishtushu → associatedDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar → associatedWithDeity → Shamash ⓘ
Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar → dedicatedTo → Shamash ⓘ
Misharu → parent → Shamash ⓘ
Misharu → associatedWith → sun god Shamash ⓘ
linked to: Shamash
Misharu → subordinateTo → Shamash ⓘ
Kittu → parentOf → Shamash ⓘ
Kittu → associatedWith → sun god Shamash ⓘ
linked to: Shamash
Kittu → epithetOf → Shamash ⓘ
Kittu → servedUnder → Shamash ⓘ
Mesharu → parent → Shamash ⓘ