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    The document discusses symbols used in Sumer-Mesopotamian religion to represent celestial bodies. The sun god was commonly symbolized by a central circle with extended arms and wavy lines, always within an outer circle. This differs from the symbol on artifact VA243, which lacks wavy lines and an outer circle. Stars and deities were alternatively symbolized by a multi-pointed star, sometimes within an inner circle, distinct from the solar disk symbol.

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    The Annunaki and The Myth of A 12th Planet

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    The Annunaki and the Myth of a 12th Planet

    In Sumer-Mesopotamian religion, the sun god symbology was very clear: Sun god = Shamash (Utu in the Sumerian languagee) The symbol of the sun god in Sumero-Mesopotamian religion was a central circle with four extended arms with wavy lines in between each arm (most common), or a circle with only wavy lines. The entire symbol was itself nearly always [I dont know any exceptions, but there may be one just being cautious here] inside a circle, as right:f The reader should note immediately that this is NOT the symbol on VA243. VA 243s pseudo-sun lacks the wavy lines and is not set inside a circle. This sun symbol is ubiquitous in Sumero-Mesopotamian religious artwork. The other common symbol for the sun god was the god in flight upon a set of wings (a depiction akin to the winged disc in Egyptian religion). The above classic solar disk iconography in Sumero-Mesopotamian religion is contrasted with the star symbol, used to symbolize either stars in constellations, any deity (the star is either over the deitys head or above it to the left of right), or Ishtar (Sumerian Inana), who stood for Venus, the most visible object in the sky aside from the sun and moon:g

    Note that this example has eight points. This is the most frequently attested style in SumeroMesopotamian religious art. The star also is found with six (like VA 243) or seven points, and the points even vary within the same seal or stela carving. It wasnt consistent in points, but what the symbol stood for was consistent either a star, planet, or deity but NOT the sun. The star symbol is either set within a circle or, far more often, not within a circle. It is clearly distinct from the sun symbol.

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