Who's the babylonian sun-god (word of 5 letters)?

Question

Should end with AR

Answer 1

It's babar

Answer 2

The name you are after is "BABAR"

This is actually kind of sneaky. "Babylonian" is most often used for the Semitic language names (Babylonians spoke 'Akkadian' --sometimes called 'Assyro-Babylonian'-- a distant relative of Semitic languages like Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic). The Akkadian name for the sun god is, as several have said "Shamash" (or, as subject "Shamshu"), related to Hebrew "Shemesh".

But the earlier inhabitants of lower Mesopotamia (mostly BELOW Babylon) spoke an entirely unrelated language called Sumerian. It was the Sumerians who invented the writing system, and for centuries literate Babylonians ALSO used the Sumerian language. The common *Sumerian* name for the sun god (equivalent of Shamash) was UTU

But there may also have been, according to some interpretations, a more obscure sun god in the Sumerian city of Larsa, named "Babar" . This is based on the fact that a temple has been found in the remains of Lagash, named named E.BABAR, and translated into Akkadian as "Bit Shamash" ('house/temple of Shamash')

Frankly, I'm not sure of this interpretation. BABAR can and does mean "light" (also "bright, cleanm pure") in Sumerian. And the Akkadian name may not be an exact translation. OR "Babar" might have been not exactly a name of the god, but a *title* ("the Bright One") used for UTU in Larsa (Unfortunately, I don't have any Sumerologist nearby to check with!)

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By the way, "Nannar" is the Sumerian name for a MOON god (more commonly known as "Sin")

Answer 3

Anshar ends with "ar", but he is the son of Tiamat and Apsu, brother and husband of Kishar, and of course Kishar would fit the "ar" end as well.

Answer 4

i know it's Shamash...but it hasn't got 5 letters and it doesn't end in AR

Answer 5

and shamash is the offspring of Nannar which is 6 letters but maybe they shortened it to make it fit