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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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Short titleAncient Mesopotamian symbol of sun god Shamash (Utu)
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