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'Temples will be built in thy honor, In all quarters of the world thy cities will be situated, Thy cities will reach up to Ekur. Show thyself strong among the gods, so that thy name be powerful. Ramman, however, is afraid of the contest. Ramman answered the speech, Addressing his father Anu: 'My father, who can proceed to the inaccessible mountain?
'Go, my son Ramman, conqueror who yields to no one, Subdue Zu with thy weapon, That thy name be glorified in the assembly of the great gods. Thou shall be without a rival among the gods thy brothers. Anu furthermore promises Ramman that if he triumphs, lofty shrines will be erected in his honor in many cities.
The omission of Ramman here, though invoked at the close of the inscription, is noticeable. Ishtar takes the place that in the more developed system belongs to the god of storms, who with the moon-god and sun-god constitutes a second triad. See p. 163. Written with the sign An, and the feminine ending tum, but probably pronounced Anatum. I prefer the fuller forms of these names.
Sin has given the king his princely glory; from Ninib, the king has received a powerful weapon; Ishtar fixes the battle array, while Shamash and Ramman hold themselves at the service of the king. With this list, however, we are far from having exhausted the pantheon as it had developed in the days of Hammurabi.
The order here is dictated by the directions of the gates. Elsewhere he sets up the group Ea, Sin, Shamash, Nabu, Ramman, Nin-ib, and their consorts.
Anu opens his mouth and speaks, Addressing the gods his children: 'Who will force Zu to submit And thus make his name great among the inhabitants of the whole world? Ramman the storm-god par excellence is first called upon by the assembled gods: 'Ramman the chief, they cried, 'the son of Anu. Anu communicated to him the order.
In Babylonia, moreover, it acquires the force of vassal-king. The full list is Anu, Ashur, Shamash, Ramman, and Ishtar. More precisely Arba-ilu, signifying 'city of the fourfold divinity' or 'four-god' city. Cf. the Palestinian form Kiryath-Arba, "four city," originally perhaps, likewise, a city of four gods, rather than four roads or four quarters, as commonly explained. IR. 14, l. 86.
The second class of triads, Sin, Shamash, and Ramman, follow, and then the other great gods, Nin-ib, Marduk, Nergal, Nusku, and Gibil; and finally the chief goddesses are added, notably Ishtar, Nin-karrak, or Gula, and Bau. But besides the chief deities, an exceedingly large number of minor ones are found interspersed through the incantation texts.
For him, Ramman is the god of battle who in companionship with Ishtar abets the king in his great undertakings. He addresses Ramman as the great lord of heaven, the lord of subterranean waters and of rain, whose curse is invoked against the one who sets aside the decrees of Nebuchadnezzar or who defaces the monument the king sets up.
The gods, especially Marduk, Ishtar, Shamash, and Ramman, by putting 'grace' into the omens, could at any time change them into favorable indications. Vorgeschichte der Indo-Europaer, pp. 221 seq. E.g., IIIR. 51. Ib. no. 1. The 1st month of the year. IIIR. 51. no. 2. Ib. no. 3. IIIR. 51, no. 9. Ib. no. 7. What the station of this official was we are not told. IIIR. 58, no. 7.
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