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Nin-igi-nangar-bu is the 'lord who presides over metal-workers'; Gushgin-banda, 'brilliant chief, is evidently the patron of those skilled in the working of the bright metals; Nin-kurra, 'lord of mountain, the patron of those that quarried the stones; while Nin-zadim is the patron of sculpture.
Originally, Malik may have been a name under which the sun-god was worshipped at some place, for the conception that makes him the chariot-driver to Shamash appears to be late. Nin-igi-nangar-bu, Gushgin-banda, Nin-kurra, and Nin-zadim.
When, therefore, we meet with such gods as Nin-zadim, 'lord of sculpture, it is much the same as when in the Old Testament we are told that Tubal-cain was the 'father' of those that work in metals, and where similarly other arts are traced back to a single source. 'Father' in Oriental hyperbole signifies 'source, originator, possessor, or patron, and, indeed, includes all these ideas.
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