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Updated: May 16, 2025
An official 'the great Si-gar' is mentioned in a list, IIR. 31, no. 5, 33a. One is tempted to conclude that Marduk's statue was removed to Nineveh, not in a spirit of vandalism, but in order to enable Assyrian kings to 'seize the hands of Bel' without proceeding to E-Sagila.
The festival is described ideographically as Si-gar, but from the fact that the same ideographs are used elsewhere to describe a day sacred to Sin and Shamash, it would appear that Si-gar is not a specific appellation, but a general name again for festival. This month Iyyar and this particular day, as a "favorable one," is chosen by Ashurbanabal for his installation as king of Assyria.
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