Shamash-sun-symbol_(3_rays).svg
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English:
A slightly schematized/simplified version of one form of the ancient symbol of the Mesopotamian sun-god
Shamash
, with alternate pointy and wavy rays. According to
Gods, Demons, and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary
by Jeremy Black and Anthony Green (1992,
ISBN
0-292-70794-0
), p. 168, it occurs "from the Akkadian down to the Neo-Babylonian period", and "The Akkadian names of the symbol were
šamšatu
and
niphu
. It was often represented on a pole as a standard."
العربية:
قُرص الشَمس، رَمز الإله شمش، أستُعمِلَ كَشِعار للدَولة مِنَ الفَترة الأكادية وصولاً إلى العَصر البَابِلي الحَديث.
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AnonMoos
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