Shulmanu or Shulman (
Assyrian Akkadian: ''Salmānu'',
Babylonian Akkadian: ''Šulmānu'') was an
ancient Mesopotamian deity. The deity is only ever recorded as having been worshipped by the ancient
Assyrians
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyrian ...
, 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 Shalm ...
(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.
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