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See the chapter on "The Temples of Babylonia and Assyria." See Jensen, Kosmologie der Babylonier, pp. 134-139. Lit., "delayed in the heavens." I.e., there is war. Intercalated month. I.e., it is a good sign. Text erroneously 'one month. See above, p. 183. See Ihering, Vorgeschichte der Indo-Europaer, pp. 182 seq. See The Golden Bough, passim. IV Rawlinson, pls. 32, 33.
See Jensen Zeits. für Assyr. i. 1 seq. and Delitzsch, Das Babylonische Weltschöpfungsepos, p. 94. By the assimilation of the n to the following consonant. See above, pp. 173, 175. Jensen, Kosmologie, p. 275. The combination of religious supremacy with political power, which characterizes the social state of ancient Babylonia and Assyria, gives to the title patesi a double significance.
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.
Jensen, ib. p. 140. See above, p. 67. bibbu. Ib. p. 99. Ib. p. 27. See especially Jensen's Kosmologie, pp. 46-57 and 144-160. Jensen, ib. pp. 108, 109. The constant order is moon, sun, Marduk, Ishtar, Ninib, Nergal, Nabu. E.g., IIR. 48, 48-34a-b. Vorgeschichte der Indo-Europaer, pp. 151 seq.
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.
See Keils Bibl. 3, 1, p. 133. King reads, Lugal-diri-tu-gab. Kosmologie, pp. 481 seq. Belser, Beiträge zur Assyr. ii. 203, col. vi. Kossaer, pp. 25-27. Delitzsch, Kossaer, p. 33. See above, p. 105. Examples of punning etymologies on names of gods are frequent. See Jensen's discussion of Nergal for examples of various plays upon the name of the god. Kosmologie, pp. 185 seq.
Soc. Bibl. Arch. vi. 279. Jensen, Kosmologie, p. 127, proposes to read Umun-pauddu. Hilprecht, Old Babylonian Inscriptions, i. 2, no. 93. The name also appears in syllabaries as Shul-pa-ud-du-a. For the element pa-udda, see p. 103. Jensen, Kosmologie, pp. 125, 126. See Journal Asiatique, September-October, 1895, p. 393. De Sarzec, pl. 8, col. v. ll. 8-12. IR. pl. 2, no. 4.
'Eating' appears to be a metaphor for destruction in general. Jensen, Kosmologie, pp. 173 seq. Here used as an epithet of the nether world. See above, p. 563. Or 'palace. The lower world, it will be recalled, is pictured as a house or a country. Here the two terms are combined. See Delitzsch, Assyr. Wörterbuch, p. 341. The phrases used are the ordinary terms of greeting. See, e.g., VR. 65, 17b.
The name of the deity alone may also constitute a proper name; and many names of course do not contain the mention of a deity at all, though such names are often abbreviations from longer ones in which some god was introduced. Jensen, Kosmologie, p. 458. Arnold, Ancient Babylonian Temple Records, p. 5, is of the opinion that Id-nik-mar-tu is also a designation of Ramman.
The element also appears in the name of the ruler of Ur, Dungi, i.e., 'the legitimate hero, as Sargon is the 'legitimate king. Signifying, according to Jensen, Keils Bibl. 3, 1, p. 25, 'fighting-place'. Published by Delitzsch, Beiträge zur Assyr. So also Jensen, Kosmologie, p. 14, note 3. So Anu appears to have concubines. See above, pp. 92, 93. Inscription C. De Sarzec, pl. 37, no. 5; Trans.
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