Ashur (god)
| Ashur | |
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A Neo-Assyrian relief (likely from the reign of Sennacherib) depicting Ashur | |
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| Venerated in | Ancient Mesopotamian religion |
| Major cult center | Assur, Uruk (6th century BC) |
| Genealogy | |
| 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 |
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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.