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Dibbarra, Nergal and his consort Laz, and Zamama are also included in the pantheon of Nebuchadnezzar. In regard to none of these deities do we find any conceptions different from those developed in the period of Hammurabi, any more than in the conceptions of those gods who occupy a more prominent place in the pantheon.
The root of the tree I will tear out That it no longer blossom; Against the dwelling of the king of gods, I will proceed.... The warrior Dibbarra heard him. Brother is to show no mercy towards brother; they shall kill one another.
Upon the first appearance of dawn, There arose from the horizon dark clouds, Within which Ramman caused his thunder to resound. Nabu and Sharru marched at the front, The destroyers passed across mountains and land, Dibbarra lets loose the.... Ninib advances in furious hostility.
At this point the tablet is defective, and when it again becomes intelligible we find Ishum describing an attack of Dibbarra upon another of the great centers of the Euphrates Valley the city of Uruk. Uruk is called the 'dwelling of Anu and Ishtar, the city of the Kizrêti, Ukhâti, and Kharimâti the sacred harlots. Ishtar was enraged and filled with anger because of Uruk.
I take the stem of the word to be nakâlu. To have a share in it. Jensen and Haupt translate "inconsiderately," but this rendering misses the point. Lit., 'my humanity. Not destroy it altogether. Lit. 'the god Dibbarra. I.e., the 'very clever' or 'very pious, an epithet given to Parnapishtim.
The war-songs, as a glorification of the nation's past, retained their popularity, but the lesson drawn from the songs was the great blessing that peace and freedom from turmoil brought with them. For the warlike Assyrians, Dibbarra enraged may have been a more popular figure, but to the peace-loving Babylonian, the appeased Dibbarra appealed with greater force.
Gibil-Nusku may be meant. See the hymn, p. 278. Lit., 'liver. For the translation of these lines see Jensen, Kosmologie, p. 233. See above, p. 441. So Jeremias' Vorstellungen, etc.; see p. 39. Zikutu from the same stem means a 'drinking bowl. A biting of the lips is elsewhere introduced as a figure. See the author's monograph, "A Fragment of the Babylonian Dibbarra Epic," p. 14.
The confusion resulting from the double position of Nergal in the religious literature, as the deity of the summer solstice and as the chief of the nether-world pantheon, raises a doubt whether some gods who are closely associated with Nergal are to be placed on high with the gods or have their seats below with Nergal. Among these, three require mention here: Dibbarra, Gibil, and Ishum.
To take up the latter point, the only gods in the above list that are not found in Babylonian inscriptions are Ashur, Gibil, Gamlat, Dibbarra, Kadi, Nusku, Shala, Shanitka.
A sanctuary to the old Babylonian goddess Nin-gal is included by Sargon among the holy edifices erected by him in his official residence. Dibharra. We have pointed out in a previous chapter how faint the dividing line sometimes becomes between gods and spirits. Among the minor deities, ranking hardly above demons, is the plague-god, whose name may provisionally be read Dibbarra.
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