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3500 BCE: Utu the Moon God first mentioned in Sumerian writing.
2600 BCE: First literary hymns composed to Utu using the name Shamash.
1792 BCE - 1750 BCE: Reign of Hammurabi of Babylon who credits Shamash with his famous law code.
912 BCE - 612 BCE: Utu/Shamash worshiped throughout Neo-Assyrian Empire, represented as solar disc with wings.
100 BCE: Utu/Shamash mentioned less frequently as cuneiform writing is replaced by the alphabet.