Ashur (god)

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Assyrian deity national god war god

Ashur (god) is the chief deity of the ancient Assyrian pantheon, revered as a national god embodying kingship, war, and sovereignty.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ashur 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian deity ⓘ
national god ⓘ
war god ⓘ
associatedWith Assyrian kingship ⓘ
imperial power ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
culture Assyrian ⓘ
declineOfCult after the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
depictedAs bearded god with horned crown ⓘ
figure in a winged disk ⓘ
domain kingship ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
war ⓘ
equatedWith Anshar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Assur (deified city) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Enlil NERFINISHED ⓘ
function grantor of royal legitimacy ⓘ
leader of divine armies ⓘ
protector of the Assyrian state ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
languageName Aššur NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalRole head of the Assyrian divine assembly ⓘ
origin deification of the city of Ashur ⓘ
pantheon Assyrian pantheon NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
religion Assyrian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
role chief deity of the Assyrian pantheon ⓘ
national god of Assyria ⓘ
spouse Mullissu NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol horned crown ⓘ
war chariot ⓘ
winged disk ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
title great lord ⓘ
king of the gods ⓘ
lord of all the gods ⓘ
veneratedBy Assyrian kings ⓘ
Old Assyrian merchants ⓘ
worshipCenter Ashur (city) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dur-Sharrukin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kalhu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nineveh NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshipPlace Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ
city of Ashur ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Qalʿat Sherqat → associatedWithDeity → Ashur (god) ⓘ
ziggurat of Ashur → dedicatedTo → Ashur (god) ⓘ
subject surface form: Ziggurat of Ashur
ziggurat of Ashur → associatedWithDeity → Ashur (god) ⓘ
subject surface form: Ziggurat of Ashur