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Ashurnasirbal's father bears the name Tukulti-Ninib. See above, pp. 151, 206. One of the gates of Sargon's palace is called after Nin-ib. See above, p. 57. See above, pp. 92-94. Kosmologie, pp. 457-475. He is also called the offspring of a goddess, Ku-tu-shar, but this reference is not clear. See Jensen, Kosmologie, p. 468, note 5. In a religious text he is addressed as 'holy, holy, holy.
As we proceed down the centuries, the formal lists at the beginning of inscriptions have a tendency to grow larger. Ashurnasirbal's pantheon consists of Bel and Nin-ib, Anu and Dagan, Sin, Anu, Ramman, and, of course, Ashur, though on special occasions, as when speaking of his achievements in the chase, he contents himself with a mention of Nin-ib and Nergal.
The Babylonians, no doubt, were offended by such an act, and in order to conciliate them, Ashurbanabal, who pursues a mild policy towards the south, orders the statue to be restored at the time that he appoints his brother Shamash-shumukin as governor of the southern provinces. Ib. p. 53, note. Ashurnasirbal's Inscription, IR. 23, col. ii. l. 134. See above, p. 462.
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