Shamash

Mesopotamian sun god
Person solar_deity Q332188
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Shamash

Summary

Shamash is a solar deity[1]. He draws 973 Wikipedia views per month (solar_deity category, ranking #2 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shamash's father was Sin[3].
  • Shamash's mother was Ningal[4].
  • A child of Shamash was Sumugan[5].
  • Shamash's image is recorded as F0182 Louvre Code Hammourabi Bas-relief Sb8 rwk.jpg[6].
  • Shamash is recorded as male[7].
  • Shamash's instance of is recorded as solar deity[8].
  • Shamash's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 80386720[9].
  • Shamash's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 281363399[10].
  • Shamash's GND ID is recorded as 135959632[11].
  • Shamash's IdRef ID is recorded as 16103490X[12].
  • Shamash's Commons category is recorded as Shamash[13].
  • Shamash's said to be the same as is recorded as Shamash[14].
  • Shamash's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0lpmm[15].
  • Shamash's worshipped by is recorded as Ancient Semitic religion[16].
  • Shamash's worshipped by is recorded as Sumerian religion[17].
  • Shamash's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0068754[18].
  • Shamash's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0058427[19].
  • Shamash's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Shamash's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • Shamash's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Shamash[22].
  • Shamash's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as shamash[23].
  • Shamash's sibling is recorded as Ishtar[24].
  • Shamash's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrt7n9tKNZWjs[25].
  • Shamash's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i86669[26].
  • Shamash's Lex ID is recorded as Shamash[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Shamash's father was Sin[3]. His mother was Ningal[4].

Personal Life

A child of Shamash was Sumugan[5].

Why It Matters

Shamash draws 973 Wikipedia views per month (solar_deity category, ranking #2 of 18).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Who were Shamash's parents?

Shamash's father was Sin[3]. Shamash's mother was Ningal[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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