[453] Bel.

[454] The strongly fortified city of Babylon is compared to a bolt and the temple to an enclosure.

[455] IVR. 28, no. 2.

[456] I.e., fly to a safe place.

[457] I.e., the sun is obscured.

[458] See above, p. [84].

[459] Delitzsch, Assyrische Lesestücke (3d edition), pp. 134-136.

[460] The portents taken through observation of the position of Ishtar or Venus in the heavens were of especial value.

[461] Phrases introduced to illustrate the power, not the function, of Ishtar.

[462] The liver as the seat of the emotions.