When they pour the noble beer for thee, thou acceptest it.
—Hymn to Shamash No. 7.
It is curious that, just as the gods for whom the temples were built, were addressed as the builders of the temples, so the gods to whom sacrifices were offered, were addressed as those who maintained the offering of sacrifices. Doubtless the sacrifices of the temples had come to be regarded as in themselves absolutely essential to the established order, and the gods, as the givers of the earth’s products, became thus the patrons of the sacrifices.
Thou givest the bread of sacrifice, the daily sacrifices.
—Marduk No. II, col. III:1.2.
Protector of the offerings for the gods, renewer of the temple cities.
—Hymn to Marduk No. 3.
Who dost build dwellings and establishest offerings.
—Hymn to Sin No. 7.
Protector of the sacrificial gifts of all the Igigi.