Azag-sir, minor deity in Ass. pantheon, [234].
Babbar, surname of Shamash, [72];
etymology, [72].
Babylon, founded, [2];
supremacy, [2];
capture of, [4], [45];
ancient center, [35];
capital of Babylonia, [39], [116];
Marduk, deity of, [54], [117]-8, [531];
E-sagila, temple of Marduk, [121], [241], [639];
temple of Shamash, [242], [640];
temple of Sin, [242];
temple of Nin-makh, [242], [640];
temple of Nin-khar-sag, [242];
temple of Gula, [242], [638];
attacked by Dibbarra, [531];
zikkurat at Bab., [619], [639];
temple to Nin-lil-anna (242), [640];
religious center of the country, [649]-50.
Babylonia, conceptions of netherworld, [2];
notices in rabbinical literature, [3];
extent, [26];
character of country, [30];
character of people, [31];
character of culture, [34];
Babylonian states and their history, [35] ff.;
dynasties of, [39]-41, [44]-5, [489];
united under Hammurabi, [116];
Bab. and Ass. Ishtar cult, [83], [85];
Bab. and Ass. Marduk cult, [128];
Bab. beliefs less popular than Ass., [153];
periods of Bab. religion, [162];
gods common to all three periods of Bab. religion, [163];
Bab. culture and beliefs influenced by Assyria, [179];
comparison of Bab. and Ass. pantheons, [189], [201];
country of Bel, [222];
under Ass. rule, [223];
source of Ass. culture, [222];
independent of Assyria, [239];
political and religious centers, [245];
replaces Nippur, [542];
sanctuary of Nabu, [640];
sacrificial acts in Bab. and their meaning, [664];
Nisan, the sacred month in Bab., [684];
continuity of Bab. and Ass. belief owing to Ass.
worship of Bab. gods, [642].
Babylonians, see also [Babylonia];
subjects of Bel, [222];
humanity of Bel, [222].
Babylonian-Assyrian religion, [1];
phases of, [46]-7;
age of essentials of religion, [114];
gods of the B.-A. pantheon, [189];
continuity of B.-A. religion, [642];
see [Assyria] and [Babylonia].
Bahrein, exports wood, [627].
Ba-kad, in the Cassite pantheon, [162], [172].
Balasi, astrologer, [340].