The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria

Adapa Allatu ancient Anshar appears Apsu Aralu Ashur Ashurbanabal association Assyrian Assyrian pantheon Baby Babylon Babylonia and Assyria Babylonian pantheon Belit belongs Borsippa called Cassite character chief connection consort creation cult cuneiform dead Delitzsch demons Dibbarra divine E-Sagila Eabani earth En-lil epic epithets Erech Etana Euphrates Euphrates Valley evil favor festival furnished Gilgamesh goddess gods Gudea Hammurabi heaven Hebrew historical texts hymns ideographic Igigi incantation texts inscriptions invoked Ishtar Jensen king Lagash land latter legend lonian lord mankind Marduk month moon mountain myth Nabu natural Nergal nether world Nin-girsu Ninib Nippur Nusku old Babylonian omens oracles originally palace Parnapishtim period planets popular prayers priests Ramman reference regarded religious represented rulers sacred sanctuaries Sargon Semitic Shamash significance Sippar solar deity spirits story sun-god symbol tablet Tammuz temple thee thou Tiamat tion traditions triad Uruk worship zikkurat