Shivini

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Shivini, a drawing based on an image on an object (a belt) from the History Museum of Armenia

Shivini (

Khaldi and Theispas. The Assyrian god Shamash is a counterpart to Shivini. He was depicted as a man on his knees, holding up a solar disc. His wife was most likely a goddess called Tushpuea who is listed as the third goddess on the Mheri-Dur inscription.[2]

Armen Petrosyan and other scholars argue that his name derives from a

Gallery

  • Armenian postage stamp, 1993
    Armenian postage stamp, 1993
  • Shivini god
    Shivini god
  • Shivini's bronze caldron
    Shivini's bronze caldron
  • The caldron's bronze-sculpted handle
    The caldron's bronze-sculpted handle

Footnotes

  1. Hurrians.[1]

References

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  2. ^ Petrosyan, Armen. "Collegiality and Interchange in Armenian Studies". In: Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies Vol. 20 (2011): 145 and footnote nr. 26.

Further reading

  • Badalyan, Miqayel. "Šiuini: The Urartian Sun God." In Over the Mountains and Far Away: Studies in Near Eastern History and Archaeology Presented to Mirjo Salvini on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday, edited by Avetisyan Pavel S., Dan Roberto, and Grekyan Yervand H., 46–57. Summertown: Archaeopress, 2019. doi:10.2307/j.ctvndv9f0.10.