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The symbol itself is found on sculptured slabs and on seal cylinders. See Stevenson, "The Feather and the Wing in Mythology," Oriental Studies of the Phila. Oriental Club, pp. 236-239. Babyl.-Assyr. Geschichte, p. 533. For the sake of convenience it is customary to distinguish between Ashur the god, and the country by writing the latter with a double sh Ashshur. Geschichte, p. 533.
Supplied from the context, through comparison with similar compositions. Lit., 'my soul cannot overcome. The composition continues in this strain, Ashurbanabal and Nabu speaking alternately. See Tiele, Babyl.-Assyr. Geschichte, pp. 371 seq. George Smith, Annals of Ashurbanabal, p. 121. Rassam Cylinder, VR. col. v. ll. 95-103. George Smith, Annals of Ashurbanabal, pp. 119-121.
Babyl.-Assyr. Geschichte, p. 85. See above, p. 83. See above, pp. 83, 84. Rassam Cylinder, col. viii. l. 92. Elsewhere, Cylinder B, col. v. 17, Ishtar is called the daughter of Bel. See above, p. 151. I.e., c. 1800 B.C. See p. 154. See above, p. 149. See below, p. 237. See above, p. 154; Tiele, Geschichte der Religion im Alterthum, i. 172. See Hommel, Geschichte, p. 490.
Or hath this Sakr-el-Bahr bewitched thee with enchantments of Babyl?" He strode to her and caught her wrist in a cruelly rough grip of his sinewy old hand. "His purpose, thou jade! Pour out the foulness of thy mind. Speak!" She sat up, flushed and defiant. "I will not speak," said she. "Thou wilt not? Now, by the Head of Allah! dost dare to stand before my face and defy me, thy Lord?
So also Shalmaneser II., Obelisk, l. 179, unless Marduk here is an error for Ramman, cf. l. 175. See above, p. 146. The so-called Prunkinschrift, ll. 174 seq. Ashurbanabal, Rassam Cylinder, col ix. ll. 76, 77. See above, p. 205. IR. II. col. iv. ll. 34, 35. See below, pp. 231, 237. Rawlinson, ii. 66. Rassam Cylinder, col. x. ll. 25-27. See Tiele, Babyl. Assyr. Geschichte, p. 127. Obelisk, l. 52.
In view of recent discussions of the subject, it is important to note that Tiele already fifteen years ago recognized that Sargon was a historical personage. See his remarks, Babyl. Assyr. Gesch., p. 112. See Winterbotham, "The Cult of Father Abraham," in the Expositor, 1897, pp. 177-186. See Jensen's Kosmologie, p. 215, and Meissner, Altbabylonisches Privatrecht, p. 21.
An island near the head of the Persian Gulf, often referred to in the historical texts. See Tiele, Babyl.-Assyr. Gesch. p. 88, etc. Under the same circumstances. Lit., 'cattle'; but cattle appears to be used for 'property' in general, just as our English word 'chattel. 5th month. Under the same circumstances. Lit., Nergal the personification of pestilence and death.
See the author's work on A Fragment of the Dibbarra Epic. Rassam Cylinder, col. lv. ll. 79 seq. Cylinder, ll. 44-53. Babyl. Chronicle, col. iii. l. 44. May also be read Sha-ush-ka. See above, pp. 13, 170. E.g., IIR. 58, no. 5, titles of Ea; IIR. 60, no. 2, titles of Nabu. E.g., IIR. 60, no. 1. E.g., IIIR. 66, lists of gods worshipped in various temples of Assyria and also of Babylonia.
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