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| Use | Ethnic flag |
|---|---|
| Adopted | 1971 |
| Design | White field with a golden circle at the center, surrounded by a four-pointed star in blue. Four triple-colored (red-white-blue), widening, wavy stripes connect the center to the four corners of the flag. |
| Designed by | George Bit Atanus |
The Assyrian flag (Syriac: ܐܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ʾāṯā ʾāṯōrāytā or ܐܬܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ ʾāṯā d-ʾāṯōr)[1][2] is the flag widely used to represent the Assyrian nation in the homeland and in the diaspora.
Its two components, the star of Utu/Shamash, which was a symbol for the god Shamash, and is combined with the ancient symbol of the god Ashur.
George Bit Atanus first designed the flag in 1968;[3] the Assyrian Universal Alliance, Assyrian National Federation, Assyrian Democratic Organization and all participant at Assyrian Universal Alliance World Congress adopted the flag in 1971. The flag has a white background with a golden circle at the center, surrounded by a four-pointed star in blue. Four triple-colored (red-white-blue), widening, wavy stripes connect the center to the four corners of the flag. The figure of pre-Christian Assyrian God Ashur, known from Iron Age iconography, features above the center.
- ^ "List of all entries". www.assyrianlanguages.org.
- ^ "ܟܘܠܝܗܝ̈ ܒܘܪ̈ܢܐ ܐ̃ܟܘܡܐ ܠܐ ܡܨܐܠܗܘ̈ܢ ܕܫܠܓܝ ܥܩܪܐ ܕ ܐܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ. ܐܬܐ ܕܐܘܡܬܝ ܫܦܪܬܐ pic.twitter.com/sQG686CNPz". Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ^ "The History and Meaning Behind the Assyrian Flag". Assyrian Cultural Foundation. March 27, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2020.