Shamash-shum-ukin

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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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crown prince of Babylonia

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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

Shamash, seated in his temple and facing his emblem (the solar disk), and worshipers,...

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