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==Name and character== Anshar's name was written in [[cuneiform]] as AN.Ε ΓR.{{sfn|Beaulieu|2003|p=331}} It can be translated from [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]] as "the whole heaven".{{sfn|Lambert|2013|p=448}} Benjamin R. Foster suggests that together with [[Kishar]] he was understood as the personification of the circle of the [[horizon]], which represented the totality of heaven and earth.{{sfn|Foster|2005|p=429}} It was believed that he was involved in creation of the world and the other deities.{{sfn|Black|2006|p=360}} He was regarded as a primordial deity.{{sfn|Lambert|2013|p=317}} As such, he was an abstract figure who was not actively worshiped.{{sfn|Beaulieu|1997|p=58}} The theonym Anshargal attested in [[lexical lists|god lists]] is presumed to be a variant of Anshar.{{sfn|Lambert|2013|p=448}}
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