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Shamash, seated in his temple and facing his emblem (the solar disk), and worshipers, bas-relief from Sippar, about 870 bc; in the British Museum
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Shamash-shum-ukin: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
First paragraph modernization. Apr 08, 2024
Deleted Web site: Smithsonian - Chavchavadze Family - Biography of Imam Shamil. May 30, 2018
Add new Web site: Smithsonian - Chavchavadze Family - Biography of Imam Shamil. Oct 11, 2015
Article revised. Nov 22, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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