Asshur      


Asshur, son of Shem and Faatin, the son of Utnafishtim (Noah) and Naama. Asshur's brothers were Elam, Aram, arphaxad (Arpachshad), Arab, and Lud.  In the El's Holy Injiyl, he is pictured as a Black man, head covered, bold Afrikan features with wide pronounced nose, small ears, head covered in a present day twist-head band style, mustash, thick lips and full but not long beard. (p. xii)

His realm came to be ruled and expanded due to Nimrod's efforts, with whom his story has become merged.

In Khemetan Kosmogony (Egyptian spiritual system/myth) he is Ausar (Osiris) (or Asar or Aser) an agriculturist murdered by the nomad Set (in contrast with the nomad Abel, murdered by agriculturist Cain). He was resurrected as the Neteru  ("god") of the dead and thus another correlation from mythology can be seen with the Jewish AzraEl the El of Death. Even today Egyptians still call themselves "Masri" meaning "From Asar" (see Mizraim).

The city of Asshur (or Assur or Ashur) on the Tigris was originally a colony of Babylonia, and later became the first capital city of Assyria, to which it gave its name.

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