Shulmanu or Shulman (
Assyrian Akkadian
Akkadian (, Akkadian: )John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", ''The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages''. Ed. Roger D. Woodard (2004, Cambridge) Pages 218-280 is an extinct East Semitic language tha ...
: ''Salmānu'',
Babylonian Akkadian: ''Šulmānu'') was an
ancient Mesopotamian deity. The deity is only ever recorded as having been worshipped by the ancient
Assyrians, in contrast to many other deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon which were more universal, and was particularly popular in the
Middle Assyrian period
The Middle Assyrian Empire was the third stage of Assyrian history, covering the history of Assyria from the accession of Ashur-uballit I 1363 BC and the rise of Assyria as a territorial kingdom to the death of Ashur-dan II in 912 BC. ...
. The deity's name was incorporated into the name Shalmaneser, assumed as a regnal name by five Assyrian kings from
Shalmaneser I
Shalmaneser I (𒁹𒀭𒁲𒈠𒉡𒊕 md''sál-ma-nu-SAG'' ''Salmanu-ašared''; 1273–1244 BC or 1265–1235 BC) was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian Empire. Son of Adad-nirari I, he succeeded his father as king in 1265 BC.
Accord ...
(1274–1245 BC) to
Shalmaneser V
Shalmaneser V (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , meaning "Salmānu is foremost"; Biblical Hebrew: ) was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Tiglath-Pileser III in 727 BC to his deposition and death in 722 BC. Though Shalman ...
(727–722 BC). The literal translation of the name ''Salmānu'' is "friendly one"; it is possible that Shulmanu was a friendly manifestation of the Assyrian national deity
Ashur Ashur, Assur, or Asur may refer to:
Places
* Assur, an Assyrian city and first capital of ancient Assyria
* Ashur, Iran, a village in Iran
* Asur, Thanjavur district, a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India
* Assu ...
.
References
* {{Cite book, last=Yamada, first=Keiko, title="Now It Happened in Those Days": Studies in Biblical, Assyrian, and Other Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Presented to Mordechai Cogan on His 75th Birthday, last2=Yamada, first2=Shiego, publisher=Eisenbrauns, year=2017, isbn=978-1575067612, editor-last=Baruchi-Unna, editor-first=Amitai, volume=2, location=Winona Lake, Indiana, pages=, chapter=Shalmaneser V and His Era, Revisited, editor-last2=Forti, editor-first2=Tova, editor-last3=Aḥituv, editor-first3=Shmuel, editor-last4=Ephʿal, editor-first4=Israel, editor-last5=Tigay, editor-first5=Jeffrey H., chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/35496181/Shalmaneser_V_and_His_Era_Revisited_in_A_Baruchi_Unna_et_al_eds_Now_It_Happened_in_Those_Days_Studies_in_Biblical_Assyrian_and_Other_Ancient_Near_Eastern_Historiography_Presented_to_Mordechai_Cogan_on_His_75th_Birthday_Vol_2_Winona_Lake_IN_2017_pp_387_442?auto=download
Mesopotamian gods