Ashur (god)

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Ashur
A Neo-Assyrian relief (likely from the reign of Sennacherib) depicting Ashur
Other names	Bêlu Rabû Ab Ilâni Šadû Rabû
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

Ashur, Ashshur, also spelled Ašur, Aššur (Sumerian: 𒀭𒊹, romanized: AN.ŠAR₂, Assyrian cuneiform: 𒀭𒊹 Aš-šur, 𒀭𒀀𒇳𒊬 ᵈa-šur₄)^[1] was the national god of the Assyrians in ancient times until their gradual conversion to Christianity between the 1st and 5th centuries AD.