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Updated: June 20, 2025
Nun-gal signifies the 'great chief. His temple stood in Sippar, and from this we may conclude that he was one of the minor gods of the place whose original significance becomes obscured by the side of the all-powerful patron of Sippar the sun-god. A syllabary describes the god as a 'raging' deity, a description that suggests solar functions.
Certainly, when we find that in the days of Saul, the seers went about naked, there can no longer be any doubt that there was a time when the Hebrews, too, like the Arabs and Babylonians, entered the holy presence naked. The institution of daily sacrifices is vouched for in the case of the larger religious centers like Babylonia, Borsippa, Sippar, Cuthah, as well as Nineveh for the late periods.
The great sanctuary of Sippar is here employed figuratively for the temples of Babylonia in general. To be glorified in that famous temple was equivalent to a recognition of royal authority. That these oracles served a practical purpose is definitely proved by the manner in which they are introduced by the kings in their annals.
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