The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria

by Morris Jastrow

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Temples and Cult.

Ball, C. J.—Glimpses of Babylonian Religion. I. Human Sacrifices. II. The Gods and Their Images. PSBA XIV. 149-162.

Boscawen, W. St. Chad.—The Babylonian and Jewish Festivals. BOR IV. 34-38.

D'Alviella, Goblet.—Des Symboles qui ont influencé la Représentation figurée des Pierres Comiques chez les Semites. RHR XX. 135-150.

Jeremias, Johann.—Die Cultustafel von Sippar. BA I. 267-92.

[An important archive of the Sharmash temple at Sippar, illustrative of the cult.]

Karppe, S.—Mélanges de Critique Biblique et d'Assyriologie. RS II. 146-151.

[The Babylonian festival Zagmuk und the Biblical New Year.]