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Hammurabi tells us, in one of his inscriptions, that he has restored the temple in honor of Innanna at Hallabi a town near Sippar. Innanna, or Ninni, signifying merely 'lady, or 'great lady, appears to have become a very general name for a goddess, hence the addition 'of Hallabi, which Hammurabi is careful to make.
Aos and Dauke. Rawlinson, iv. 25. See p. 79. See Jensen, Keils Bibl.. 3, 1, p. 108, note 5. Tiele, Gesch. p. 126, apparently identifies Innanna of Hallabi with Tashmit, but, so far as I can see, without sufficient reason. Here written En-lil, as the Bel of Nippur. See Jensen, Kosmologie, pp. 449-456.
At the same time the designation 'lady of Hallabi' points to her being a consort of a male deity who was the patron of the place. May this have been the moon-god again, as in the case of the other Innanna? Our knowledge of this goddess is confined to what the king tells us about her.
So one of these predecessors, Zabu, restores the temple of Shamash at Sippar, and that of Anunit at Agade. Hammurabi, besides his work at Sippar, builds a temple to Innanna at Hallabi. Babylon, however, is the beloved city of Marduk, and upon its beautification and improvement Hammurabi expends his chief energy.
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