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Shamash
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Shamash , sun god of Semitic origin, worshiped in Babylonia and Assyria. He was one of the great deities of ancient Middle Eastern religions, god of law, order, and justice. The chief center of his cult was Sippar. In Sumerian civilization he was called Utu.
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