They were the first musicians; they possessed guitars, single and double pipes, cymbals, drums, lyres, harps, flutes, the sambric, ashur, etc.; they had even castanets, such as are now used in Spain.
Ashur: The principal god of the Assyrian pantheon, Ashur was regarded as the divine embodiment of the state.
Worship of Ashur was closely tied to the expansionist policies of the Assyrian Empire, and he was considered the ultimate protector and source of power.
In Assyria, Ashur, the chief deity, often absorbed local attributes of love and fertility deities.
Gods: Ashur, Ishtar
The story survives on cuneiform tablets in Akkadian, found in the ruins of cities such as Nineveh and Ashur.
In the Assyrian city of Assur (Ashur), the temple of the god Ashur was the centre of the New Year celebrations, which shared elements with the Babylonian Akitu festival.
Ashur, the chief god of the Assyrians, was honoured with rituals that affirmed his supremacy and the king's divine mandate.
Ashur - God of Assyria and patron deity of the Assyrian Empire
Ashur - God of war and the patron deity of the Assyrian empire