Dibbarra epic, see Dibbarra, [232], [528] ff.;
recalls the "Battles of Yahwe," [534].

Dilbat, city in Babylonia;
temple of Ninib, [242];
zikkurat E-gubba-an-ki, [639].

Dilmun, island, [125].

Diodorus, source for B.-A. religion, [1], [4], [399], [435].

Dirges, sung by priests and priestesses, [604], [658];
by priestesses, [660].

Divine names, variety of names of individual divinities and local uses thereof, [73];
transference of name and its meaning, [118], [140]-1;
in proper names, [165]-6, [169];
obscurity of, [233].

Djumdjuma, [10].

Dogma, establishment of, [115], [133], [247], [690] ff.

Dreams, importance of, [322]-3;
on par with oracles, [350], [479];
treated as omens, [350], [403] ff.;
in the Gilgamesh epic, [481], [486], [497].

Du'ar, Da'ur, cosmological deity, [417].