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Jensen, Kosmologie, p. 220, takes this as the name of a temple; but, since Aralû was pictured as a 'great house, there is no reason why the designation should not refer to the nether world. See the admirable argument in Jensen, Kosmologie, pp. 185-195. Or, more fully, Kharsag-gal-kurkura, 'great mountain of all lands. See above, p. 458. See the following chapter.
In the course of this elaboration, many new ideas and new rites were introduced. The official cult passed in some important particulars far beyond popular practices. Gen. xi. 4. Or 'as high as mountains'; e.g., Nebuchadnezzar II., IR. 58, col. viii. ll. 61-63; and so frequently the Neo-Babylonian kings. Kosmologie, pp. 185-195. Or Kharsag-gal-kurkura; see p. 558. See p. 458.
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