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An idea of their general tenor can be gained from a series of much quoted general treatises, of which we must mention at least the “classics.” In Wagner’s “Handwörterbuch der Physiologie,” 1842, Vol.
First published by Pinches, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1891, pp. 393-408. Clay, it will be recalled, was the building material in Babylonia. The word in the text is generally applied to "a mass" of animals, but also to human productions. See Delitzsch, Assyr. Handwörterbuch, p. 467. Bel's temple at Nippur. Temple of Ishtar at Erech or Uruk. I.e., Apsu.
The suggestion is worthy of consideration whether the name 'seven directions of heaven and earth' may not also point to a conception of seven zones dividing the heavens as well as the earth. One is reminded of the 'seven' heavens of Arabic theology. Lit., 'house to be seen, Igi-e-nir. See, e.g., VR. 29, no. 4, 40, and Delitzsch, Assyr. Handwörterbuch, p. 262.
Ekurrâti; Delitzsch, Assyr. Handwörterbuch, p. 718b. IR. 35, no. 3, 22. See below. Hebrew Bamôth. Through the opposition of the Hebrew prophets, the term acquires distasteful associations that were originally foreign to it. See Peters' Nippur, ii. 124 seq. IIR. 50, obverse. Perhaps, however, these several names all designate a single zikkurat. Peters' Nippur, i. 246; ii. 120.
Sha and nakû, i.e., 'the one over the sacrifice. Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, vii., 174, note. IIR. 32, no. 3. 'A spear carrier of Marduk' occurs in contract tablets. Dupsharru. Daianu. E.g., IIIR. 48, no. 6, ll. 26, 27. Shangu = priest; makhu = great. See above, p. 657. Delitzsch, Assyr. Handwörterbuch, p. 149b. See pp. 356 seq.
See, e.g., Perrot and Chiplez, History of Art in Babylonia and Assyria, i. 84. Article 'Izdubar, col. 776; see Delitzsch, Handwörterbuch, p. 678. If the name is Elamitic, one should hardly expect a Babylonian deity entering as one of the elements. See above, p. 167. See above, p. 284. Haupt's Das Babylonische Nimrodepos, p. 93. Lit., 'he who is applied to for giving a decision. Ta-par-ra-as.
In Switzerland the peasants in the open land also fell under the dominion of lords, and large parts of their estates were appropriated by the lords in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The self-government of the communes is, in fact, the very foundation of the Swiss liberties. Dr. Reichesberg, Handworterbuch des Schweiz. Volkswirthschaft, Bern, 1903.
A phrase in some way again indicative of Eabani's likeness to a deity. Eabani. Identical with our own word "harem." Perhaps "ensnarer." So in the "Dibbarra" legend. See p. 531 and Delitzsch, Handwörterbuch, p. 41. Sixth tablet, ll. 184, 185. See Jeremias' Izdubar-Nimrod, pp. 59, 60; Nikel, Herodot und die Keilschriftforschung, pp. 84-86. Alttest.
This is a standing phrase in the inscriptions of Nebuchadnezzar, as well as of other kings. See Delitzsch, Assyr. Handwörterbuch, p. 270b. Deut. xii. 18; xvi. 14, etc. See pp. 462, 463. See ib. Or zag-mu. Gudea, Inscription G, col. iii. In the later inscriptions we find zag-mu-ku. The k or ku appears to be an afformative. See Amlaud, Zeits. f. Assyr. iii. 41.
See p. 263. See p. 525. See p. 420, 428. See pp. 439 seq. I.e., En-lil's. I.e., 'the bond of heaven and earth, the name probably of a temple-tower in Nippur, sacred to En-lil. Zu's heart. These two lines are repeated. The word Kissu applies more especially to the dwelling places of the gods. Delitzsch, Assyr. Handwörterbuch, p. 349b. Zu.
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