Ninib, king, whose father made submissive to him distant lands.
—Hymn to Ninib No. 7.
The “king of heaven and earth” is at the same time:
King of Babylon, lord of Esagila,
King of Ezida, lord of Emachtila.
—Hymn to Marduk No. 6.
Kingship may be entrusted to the particular deity by the supreme god:
A sceptre for remote days has Bel furnished for thy hand.
—Hymn to Sin No. 3.
On the other hand, a certain measure of independence of the supreme god seems to be assigned in the same two hymns to the two deities: