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Utu/Šamaš (god)

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Evidence context

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Investigation

Does cylinder seal VA 243 depict the Solar System and Nibiru?

Challenges

Scholarly Mesopotamian iconography identifies Šamaš's solar symbol as a characteristic solar disk and depicts the sun god with established attributes, undermining the assumption that any star-like motif is the Sun.

Challenges

The museum object record and standard iconographic context do not identify the cluster as a heliocentric planetary diagram or label an additional body as Nibiru.

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