Ashur, Assur, or Asur may refer to:
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Assur
Aššur (; Sumerian: AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: ''Aš-šurKI'', "City of God Aššur"; syr, ܐܫܘܪ ''Āšūr''; Old Persian ''Aθur'', fa, آشور: ''Āšūr''; he, אַשּׁוּר, ', ar, اشور), also known as Ashur and Qal ...
, an Assyrian city and first capital of ancient Assyria
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Ashur, Iran, a village in Iran
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Asur, Thanjavur district
Asur is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest ci ...
, a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India
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Assuras
Assuras, sometimes given as Assura or Assur, was a town in the Roman province of Proconsular Africa.
Ruins of its temples and theatres and other public buildings are at ''Henchir-Zenfour''.
Bishopric
At an early stage Assuras became the cent ...
or Assur, a town in the Roman province of Proconsular Africa
Other uses
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Ashur (Bible)
Ashur ( ''ʾAššūr'') was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, there was contention in academic circles regarding whether Ashur or Nimr ...
, the grandson of Noah in Genesis
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Ashur (god)
Ashur, Ashshur, also spelled Ašur, Aššur ( Sumerian: AN.ŠAR₂, Assyrian cuneiform: , also phonetically ) is a god of the ancient Assyrians and Akkadians, and the head of the Assyrian pantheon in Mesopotamian religion, who was wors ...
, the main god of Assyrian mythology in Mesopotamian religion
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Asur people
Asur people are a very small Austroasiatic ethnic group living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh ...
, a tribal group living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand
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High Elves (''Warhammer'') or Asur, a race in ''Warhammer Fantasy''
* Ashur, a traditional and common given and family name among
Assyrian people
See also
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Asur (disambiguation)
Asur may refer to:
* ''Asur'' (film), a 2020 Indian Bengali-language drama film
* ''Asur'' (web series), a 2020 Indian Hindi-language web-series
*Asur people, a Munda-speaking tribe of iron-smelters in Jharkhand
*Asur, Thanjavur district, a villag ...
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Assyria (disambiguation) Assyria may refer to:
*Assyria, an ancient empire in Mesopotamia
*Either of two provinces of the Persian Empire:
**Achaemenid Assyria, also known as Athura
**Asuristan (Sassanid)
*Assyria (Roman province), province of the Roman Empire
*Asoristan, t ...
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Asura (disambiguation)
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Ashura (disambiguation)
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Achour (disambiguation)
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Assuristan
Asoristan ( pal, 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 ''Asōristān'', ''Āsūristān'') was the name of the Sasanian province of Assyria and Babylonia from 226 to 637.
Name
The Parthian name ''Asōristān'' (; also spelled ''Asoristan'', ''Asurista ...
(Sassanid name for Assyria)
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Anshar
Anshar, also spelled Anšar ( Sumerian: , Neo-Assyrian: , meaning "whole heaven"), was a primordial god in the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish. His consort is Kishar which means "Whole Earth". They were the children of Lahamu and Lahmu ...
, a primordial god in the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish
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