left alongside Ba'alshamin , Yarhibol and Aglibol on a relief from Palmyra Source/more: http://en.wikipedia....%28mythology%29 About Shamash: Quote ...Shamash ( Akkadian Šamaš "Sun") was a native Mesopotamian deity and the sun god in the Akkadian , Assyrian and Babylonian pantheons. Shamash was the god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria , corresponding