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Key facts
- Other names
- Bêlu Rabû Ab Ilâni Šadû Rabû
- Venerated in
- Ancient Mesopotamian religion
- Major cult center
- Assur , Uruk (6th century BC)
- Siblings
- possibly sometimes Šerua
- Consort
- Mullissu ( Ishtar of Arbela , Ishtar of Assur, Ishtar of Nineveh ), sometimes Šerua
- Offspring
- Ninurta , Zababa , sometimes Šerua , sometimes Ishtar of Arbela
- Iranian
- Ahura Mazda
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Encyclopedic overview
Ashur, Ashshur, also spelled Ašur, Aššur (Sumerian: 𒀭𒊹, romanized: AN.ŠAR₂, Assyrian cuneiform: 𒀭𒊹 Aš-šur, 𒀭𒀀𒇳𒊬 ᵈa-šur₄) was the national god of the Assyrians in ancient times until their gradual conversion to Christianity between the 1st and 5th centuries AD.
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