relationship_id,subject_entity_id,relationship_type,object_entity_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status,period_id 2354,ENT_URA_SHIVINI,aligned_with,ENT_MES_UTU_SHAMASH,medium,"Shivini and Mesopotamian Utu/Shamash are parallel sun deities of neighboring ancient Near Eastern traditions. Both are depicted with a solar disk, both serve as witnesses to oaths and upholders of justice, and both occupy a third-rank position in their divine triads (after the sky deity and storm deity). The alignment reflects the shared ancient Near Eastern theology of the sun as the divine witness of justice. Zimansky (1985) p. 70.",SRC_ZIMANSKY_URARTU,reviewed,PER_URA_IRON_AGE 2355,ENT_URA_SHIVINI,aligned_with,ENT_HTT_ARINNA,medium,Shivini and the Hittite Sun Goddess of Arinna are parallel Anatolian solar deities. Both are venerated as supreme solar powers in Anatolian Iron Age and Bronze Age religion; the winged sun disk iconography is shared across both traditions. Shivini occupies a structurally similar position in the Urartian triad to the Hittite solar deity in the Hittite pantheon. Zimansky (1985) p. 70; Piotrovsky (1969) p. 97.,SRC_ZIMANSKY_URARTU,reviewed,PER_URA_IRON_AGE 4392,ENT_URA_SHIVINI,member_of,ENT_URA_TRIAD,high,Shivini is the third-ranked sun-god completing the Khaldi-Teisheba-Shivini triad.,SRC_PIOTROVSKY_URARTU,reviewed,