Ashur

E880131

Assyrian national god Mesopotamian deity

Ashur is the principal deity of the ancient Assyrian pantheon, associated with kingship, war, and the identity of the Assyrian state.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Asshur	1
Aššur	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Assyrian national god ⓘ Mesopotamian deity ⓘ
associatedWith	Assyrian state identity ⓘ kingship ⓘ war ⓘ
culture	Assyrian ⓘ
depictedAs	bearded god ⓘ figure in a winged solar disk ⓘ
domain	heaven ⓘ royal authority ⓘ warfare ⓘ
equatedWith	Anshar NERFINISHED ⓘ Enlil NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasTitle	great lord ⓘ king of the gods ⓘ lord of all the gods ⓘ
iconographicElement	arrow ⓘ bow ⓘ winged disk ⓘ
influenced	Assyrian imperial propaganda ⓘ Assyrian royal ideology ⓘ
languageOfName	Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedToCity	Ashur (Assur) NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Assyrian royal inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamian cuneiform texts ⓘ
nameVariant	Aššur NERFINISHED ⓘ
pantheon	Assyrian pantheon NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInPantheon	principal deity ⓘ
receivesOfferingFrom	Assyrian kings ⓘ
religion	Ancient Assyrian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	patron god of the city of Ashur ⓘ protector of the Assyrian king ⓘ state god of Assyria ⓘ supreme god in Assyrian theology ⓘ war god ⓘ
symbolOf	Assyrian imperial power ⓘ Assyrian kingship ⓘ Assyrian national identity ⓘ
timePeriodOfWorship	1st millennium BCE ⓘ 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ Middle Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshipCenter	Assur (Qal'at Sherqat) NERFINISHED ⓘ city of Ashur NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshipRegion	Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Assyrian religion → chiefGod → Ashur ⓘ

Assyrian religion → pantheonIncludes → Ashur ⓘ

Mesopotamian religion → hasCentralDeity → Ashur ⓘ

King of Assyria → chiefDeity → Ashur ⓘ

Šarru-kīn II → patronDeity → Ashur ⓘ

Sarru-kinu → associatedDeity → Ashur ⓘ

Eighth Dynasty of Assyria → mainDeity → Ashur ⓘ

Shamshi-Adad I → patronDeity → Ashur ⓘ

Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III → patronDeity → Ashur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aššur

Shem → hasChild → Ashur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asshur

Ululayu → associatedWithDeity → Ashur ⓘ

Annals of Sennacherib → mentionsDeity → Ashur ⓘ

Annals of Esarhaddon → invokes → Ashur ⓘ