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Ishum

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[ee-shuhm] / ˈi ʃəm /

noun

  1. the Akkadian god of fire and the companion of Irra.


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Among these, three require mention here: Dibbarra, Gibil, and Ishum.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

Seven spirits, cause eclipse of moon, 264, 276; 12th month sacred to them, 463; Sibi, collective personification of the s. p. associated in war with Ishum, 533.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

Ishum directed his countenance to the mountain Khi-khi.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

At this point the tablet is defective, and when it again becomes intelligible we find Ishum describing an attack of Dibbarra upon another of the great centers of the Euphrates Valley—the city of Uruk.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

Pa-sag, god, 51; "the leader of the land," 101; identity with Ishum, 101; lieutenant of Shamash, 107; in Gudea's pantheon, 106.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris