Thy brilliancy fills and overwhelms the countries;
Thou marchest regularly across the heavens.
—Hymn to Shamash No. 7.
Likewise Nusku is a solar deity:
Strong fire god who surveys the tops of the mountains,
Mighty fire god, illuminator of the darkness.
—Hymn to Nusku No. 1.
Also Marduk:
Lofty in form, Marduk, shining sun god, bright torch,
Who by his rising illumines the (darkness), makes brilliant ( ).