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Shamash
Shamash
(
Akkadian
:
Šamaš
, "Sun") was a native
Mesopotamian
deity and the
Sun god
in the
Akkadian
,
Assyrian
,
Babylonian
, and
Hebrew
pantheons. Shamash was the god of justice in
Babylonia
and
Assyria
, corresponding to the
Sumerian god
Utu
𒀭𒌓. Akkadian
šamaš
is
cognate
to
Syriac
ܫܡܫܐ
šemša
or
šimšu
Hebrew
שֶׁמֶשׁ
šemeš
and
Arabic
شمس
šams
.
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