[163] The omission of Ramman here, though invoked at the close of the inscription, is noticeable. Ishtar takes the place that in the more developed system belongs to the god of storms, who with the moon-god and sun-god constitutes a second triad. See p. [163].
[164] Written with the sign An, and the feminine ending tum, but probably pronounced Anatum. The form Anat (without the ending) is used by many scholars, as Sarpanit and Tashmit are used instead of Sarpanitum and Tashmitum. I prefer the fuller forms of these names. Anum similarly is better than Anu, but the latter has become so common that it might as well be retained.
[165] VR. 33, vii. 34-44.
[166] IR. pl. 15, col. vii. 71-pl. 16, col. viii. 88.
[167] No less than nine times.
[168] Tiglathpileser I.
[169] Ramman-nirari I.
[170] Kosmologie, p. 274.
[171] See the list IIIR. 68, 26 seq.
[172] Thureau-Dangin, Journal Asiatique, 1895, pp. 385-393. The name of this deity has been the subject of much discussion. For a full discussion of the subject with an account of the recent literature, see an article by the writer in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, xii. 159-162.