The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria

by Morris Jastrow

Anu, god, [51];
relationship to Ishtar, [84]-5;
Dêr, city of Anu, [88], [155], [162];
god of heavenly expanse, [89], [147], [207], [432];
abstract conception, [89];
priest of Anu, [90];
Anu as term for 'lofty,' [90];
member of the great triad, [107], [152], [155], [207], [677];
in Lugalraggisi's pantheon, [110];
artificial character in Hammurabi's pantheon, [152];
position in Agum's pantheon, [152];
dwells in Uruk, [153];
Anatum, his consort, [153];
in Ass. pantheon, [153]-5, [201], [207];
associated with Ramman, [154], [207], [212];
associated with Dagan, [154], [209];
disappears after Sargon, [155];
in religious texts, [156];
in Nebuchadnezzar's I. pantheon, [162];
father of Anunnaki and Igigi, [186], [207], [593];
fighting Tiâmat, [197];
temple in Lagash, [53], [640];
temple at Ashur, [207];
succeeded by Ashur, [207];
associated with Ishtar, [207];
blesses handiwork, [208], [237];
associated with Bel and Belit, [226]-7;
Anu and Ishtar, names of the west gates of Sargon's II. palace, [237];
associated with Nusku, [277], [286];
made god of heavenly expanse, [432];
"Way of Anu"=ecliptic of sun, [457];
pole star of the ecliptic, [460];
Nisan, sacred to A. and Bel, [462], [677];
Tebet, sacred to A., Papsukal, and Ishtar, [463];
2d Ululu, sacred to Anu and Bel, [463];
in the Adapa myth, [546] ff.

Anunit, goddess, [51];
a variant of Ishtar, [82], [85], [242];
in proper names of 2d Bab. period, [169];
worshipped at Agade, [117], [242];
shrine in E-babbara at Sippar, [646].

Anunnaki, explanation of name, [184];
number of, and its explanation, [185];
spirits of earth, [185], [593];
gods in whose service the A. are, [186];
their character, [186];
associated with Igigi, [186], [593];
altar of A. and Igigi, [186];
shining chiefs of Eridu, [186];
ruled by Ishtar, [204] (cf. [502]);
Anu, their chief, [186], [207], [593];
Bel, king of all the A., [222];
associated with the great triad, [236];
created by Marduk, [447];
offspring of Anu, [593];
A. and Mammitum determine death and life, [493];
in the deluge story, [500], [502] (cf. [204]);
in Allatu's court, [593].

Apollodorus, source for B.-A. religion, [1], [5].

Apotheosis, see [Deification].

Apsu, the deep, personified ocean, [411], [443], [489], [580];
synonymous with Tiâmat, [411];
male principle, [411];
dominion of A. and Tiâmat precedes that of the gods, [412];
gods, product of the union of A. and Tiâmat, [413];
mythical monsters, product of the union of A. and Tiâmat, [414];
basin, a sacred object and symbol, [653]; comparison with the "sea" in Solomon's temple, [653].

Arabia, metals and stone exported, [627].

Arabians invade Mesopotamia, [34], [39].

Arakh-shamnu, 8th month, sacred to Marduk, [463], [678], [686];
15^th day, sacred to Shamash, Malkatu, and Bunene, [685].

Aralû, the nether-world, [489], [557];
called E-kur or mountain house, [558];
distinction betw. Aralû, the mountain (= earth), and Aralû, the district of the dead proper, [558];
names and epithets of A., [563], [592];
pictorial representation of, [579] ff.;
pantheon of, [582] ff.