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Updated: May 27, 2025
The natural desire for novelty together with other circumstances that escape us led one to choose Ramman, another Nin-ib, a third Shamash, and a fourth, as we shall see, Nabu. In doing so they were not conscious of any lack of respect towards Ashur, of whose good will they always felt certain.
The lord who in his anger holds the heavens in his control, Ramman in his wrath the earth has shaken. The mighty mountain thou dost overturn it. At his anger, at his wrath, The gods of heaven mount up to heaven, The gods of earth enter the earth. Into the foundation of heaven Shamash enters.
To Marduk and Sarpanitum the 16th day is assigned, besides the 3d and 7th days as above set forth; to Ramman and his consort the 6th, to the old Bel and Belit the 5th, the 12th, the 25th, and to Nergal and Bau the 27th. At times two male deities are in association.
The gates are significantly designated as the gate of Anu, Bel, and Ea, and the gate of Sin, Shamash, Ramman, and Ishtar. The introduction of the two classes of the theological triads reveals the influence of a scholastic elaboration of some popular myth. Etana obeys, and thus, securely attached to the eagle, begins the daring journey. They fly for the space of a double hour, when
In the religious productions, this relationship is expressed by making Ramman the son of Anu. From a passage descriptive of this temple it would appear that the old temple founded by King Samsi-Ramman, who lived several centuries before Tiglathpileser, was dedicated to Ramman. It looks, therefore, as though the association of Anu with Ramman was the work of the later king.
Quite recently the proposition has been made that the real name of the deity was Immeru. The material at hand is not sufficient for deciding the question. Besides Immeru, Adad, and Ramman, the deity was also known as Mer connected apparently with Immeru. So much is certain, that Ramman appears to have been the name currently used in Assyria for this god.
The latter is described by a series of ideographs, "herd" and "to prosper." Is there perhaps a reference to cows giving birth to calves in this month, the early spring? For another, but improbable, explanation, see Babylonian and Oriental Record, iv. 37. Lotz, Quaestiones de Historia Sabbati, pp. 27-29. Sin, Shamash, and Ramman. See pp. 108, 163.
This, he says, he did 418 years after the time that they had been carried captive from Ekallâte to Babylon by Marduknadinakhi. We know nothing more of this Ekallâte except that it lay in Assyria, probably in the southern half, and that Ramman and Shala are called the gods of the city. It is possible that Shala, likewise, being a name of so indefinite a character, was applied to other goddesses.
At times Shamash, or Shamash and Ramman, are added to form a little pantheon whose assistance is invoked in the Babylonian wars. From being used in restricted application to Babylonian affairs, Ashur and Marduk came to be invoked in a general way. Esarhaddon expressly sets up the claim of being the savior of Marduk's honor, as a kind of apology for proceeding against Babylonia with his armies.
The eleventh month, the height of the rainy season and known as the "month of the course of rainstorms," is appropriately made sacred to Ramman, 'the god of storms. The last month, Adar, falling within the rainy season is presided over by the seven evil spirits.
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