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 (2)

Label	Occurrences
Shamash canonical	38
Mesopotamian Šamaš (in function)	1

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	Ashur ⓘ surface form: Assur Babylon ⓘ Larsa ⓘ Sippar ⓘ
oftenDepictedAs	bearded god with rays emanating from shoulders ⓘ god seated on a throne ⓘ
parent	Ninhursag ⓘ surface form: Ningal Sin ⓘ
role	guarantor of contracts ⓘ judge of gods and men ⓘ patron of diviners ⓘ protector of the weak ⓘ
sibling	Ereshkigal ⓘ Inanna ⓘ surface form: Ishtar
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	Mesopotamian religion ⓘ surface form: Akkadian religion Assyrian religion ⓘ Babylonian polytheism ⓘ surface form: Babylonian religion Sumerian religion ⓘ
worshipPractices	daily offerings in temples ⓘ divination rituals ⓘ prayers for legal success ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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 → Shamash ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mesopotamian Šamaš (in function)

temple of Shamash → dedicatedTo → Shamash ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Shamash at Hatra

temple of Shamash → associatedDeity → Shamash ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Shamash at Hatra

temple of Shamash → hasMainDeity → Shamash ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Shamash at Hatra

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 ⓘ