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Tiglathpileser I. calls him 'the great lord ruling the assembly of gods, and in similar style, Ashurnasirbal invokes him as 'the great god of all the gods. For Ramman-nirari III., he is the king of the Igigi the heavenly host of spirits. Sargon lovingly addresses him as the father of the gods.
Elsewhere, when referring to the special gods of his city, he combines Anu and Ramman with Ishtar; but again, for no special reason, his prayer is addressed to Ashur, Shamash, and Ramman. The pantheon of Ramman-nirari I. consists either of the longer one above enumerated, or of Anu, Ashur, Shamash, Ramman, and Ishtar.
We learn of a temple at Calah, and of no less than eight statues of the god being erected in the days of Ramman-nirari III., and the terms in which the god is addressed might lead one to believe that an attempt was made to concentrate the cult in Assyria on him. This, however, was an impossibility.
The enemies of Ashur, who had succeeded for a time in obscuring the god's glory through the humiliation which his land endured, were driven back, but neither the people nor the rulers had as yet become conscious of the fact that it was solely to Ashur that the victory was due. Hence, other gods are associated with Ashur by Ramman-nirari, and the old god Anu is accorded his proper rank.
Samsi-ramman IV., the brother of Assurdain-pal, reigned for twelve years; his son, Ramman-nirari III., had married the Babylonian princess Sammuramat, and so had secured peace. He was an energetic and capable ruler. To him at length Damascus made submission and paid tribute.
Anum similarly is better than Anu, but the latter has become so common that it might as well be retained. VR. 33, vii. 34-44. IR. pl. 15, col. vii. 71-pl. 16, col. viii. 88. No less than nine times. Tiglathpileser I. Ramman-nirari I. Kosmologie, p. 274. See the list IIIR. 68, 26 seq. Thureau-Dangin, Journal Asiatique, 1895, pp. 385-393.
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