—Psalm 62:3.
It is natural to pass from the sanctuary to the physical representation of the deity. This in the Assyrian hymns is frequently crass:
Prince of shining face and flaming mouth raging fire god.
—Hymn to Nergal No. 5.
Of gigantic size with terrible limbs,
Raging demons to right and left of him.
—Hymn to Nergal No. 5.
Mighty in form, lofty in stature, and powerful for the exercise of his lordship.
—Hymn to Marduk No. 1.
In a number of passages, the god takes the still crasser form of an animal. In Sin No. 5, line 19, it is the form of a horse: