Shamash

/ ˈʃɑːmæʃ /

noun

1. the sun god of Assyria and Babylonia

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shamash¹

from Akkadian: sun

Example Sentences

My father lit candles for me; Like a torch the Shamash shone.

From The Daily Beast

For this offence against divine law, Shamash, the sun god, pronounces the Eagle's doom.

From Project Gutenberg

In the beginning of the poem line four is a repetition of line two, and line three simply adds the name Shamash to line one.

From Project Gutenberg

(whom he addresses as 'Son of Shamash') to put his name upon it as his fathers had done in the past.

From Project Gutenberg

No. 85-4-8, 1; it is shaped like a cylinder-seal, and is inscribed with an incantation for Shamash-Killni.

From Project Gutenberg

The king is seen standing in reverential attitude before the Sun-god Shamash, from whom he is receiving the laws inscribed below.

From Project Gutenberg