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the god of war and supreme national god of -ssyria.
historical examples

on the north-east and east, however, the ancient heritage of -ssur lay open to direct and swift attack.
history of egypt, chalda, syria, babylonia, and -ssyria, volume 8 (of 12) g. maspero

this was -ssur, the divine impersonation of the state and empire.
-ssyria, its princes, priests and people a. h. (archibald henry) sayce

portia.thyself shalt see the act: for, as thou urgest justice, be -ssur’d thou shalt have justice, more than thou desirest.
the ontario readers: the high school reader, 1886 ministry of education

his goods, his spoil, i carried off; to my city of -ssur i brought (them).
-ssyria, its princes, priests and people a. h. (archibald henry) sayce

-ssur, it would seem, was a shrine long before -ssyria went out of babylon and builded nineveh.
the cradle of mankind w.a. wigram

arsaces then fights and kills -ssur, ascends the throne and weds azema.
the complete opera book gustav kobb

-ssur, whose ruins are now called kalah sherghat, did not always remain the capital of -ssyria.
-ssyria, its princes, priests and people a. h. (archibald henry) sayce

i am not the first gl-ss, by a thousand, that has -ssur’d you of this.
the works of aphra behn, volume vi aphra behn

and be -ssur’d after all there is nothing they can tell you that is worth your knowing.
the works of aphra behn, volume vi aphra behn

not to believe in -ssur was a crime, since -ssur represented -ssyria.
a primer of -ssyriology archibald henry sayce

noun
the supreme national god of the ancient -ssyrians, chiefly a war god, whose symbol was an archer within a winged disc
one of the chief cities of ancient -ssyria, on the river tigris about 100 km (60 miles) downstream from the present-day city of mosul