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Nin-dim-su, Ba-kad, Pap-u, Belit-ekalli, Shumalia, and Shukamuna occur at the close of the inscription of Melishikhu, among the gods asked to curse the transgressors of the royal decree. That some of these are Cassite deities imported into Babylonia, and whose position in the pantheon was therefore of a temporary character, there seems little reason to question.
Shukamuna, accordingly, was the Cassite god of war, who, like Nergal, symbolized the mid-day sun, that is, the raging and destructive power. Shumalia is the consort of Shukamuna , and is invoked as the 'lady of the shining mountains. Nin-dim-su is a title of Ea, as the patron of arts.
From the inscriptions of his successors we are permitted to add the following: Nin-khar-sag, Nergal, and Lugal-mit-tu, furnished by Samsu-iluna; Shukamuna, by Agumkakrimi; and passing down to the period of the Cassite dynasty, we have in addition Nin-dim-su, Ba-kad, Pap-u, Belit-ekalli, Shumalia.
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