---
title: Utu-Shamash
author: Claude Valette
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6312/utu-shamash/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
---

# Utu-Shamash

_Authored by Claude Valette_

## Image File

[![Utu-Shamash](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6312.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6312.jpg)

## Image Caption

The sun [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Shamash](https://www.worldhistory.org/Utu-Shamash/) accepts a libation. Babylonian stela, on display in the Louvre, [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/).

## Cite This Work

### APA
Valette, C. (2017, January 31). Utu-Shamash. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6312/utu-shamash/>
### Chicago
Valette, Claude. "Utu-Shamash." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 31, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6312/utu-shamash/>.
### MLA
Valette, Claude. "Utu-Shamash." *World History Encyclopedia*, 31 Jan 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6312/utu-shamash/>.

## License & Copyright

[![copyright source](/images/partners/white-flickr.png)]() by [**Claude Valette**](