Nebopolassar, king of Babylon, [129];
makes Babylon independent, [239];
makes cult of Marduk prominent, [239];
makes cult of Nabu prominent, [240];
Shamash cult at Larsa, [647], [note 3].
Nebuchadnezzar I., expels the Cassites, [88], [158];
cult of Marduk and Ramman, [158], [162];
his pantheon, [162].
Nebuchadnezzar II., religion of N. and Daniel, [3];
builder of Birs Nimrud, [9];
rule, [44];
worships Sarpanitum as the begetting deity, [122];
makes cult of Marduk prominent, [240], [646];
revives ancient cults, [242]-3;
restores temple of Nin-karrak at Sippar, [294];
his prayers exemplification of ethical tendencies, [299];
opposed to Bel cult in Nippur, [646];
restores Shamash temple in Sippar, [646];
Ishtar cult in Uruk, [648].
Nergal, god, [51];
local cult and temple in Cuthah, [65], [164], [218], [563], [583], [648];
worship in Palestine, [65];
in Uruk, [66];
his names and their meanings, [66];
functions, [66]-7, [537];
development of his attributes, [67]-8, [582], [593];
identification with Lugal-banda, [95];
with Irkalla, [592];
associated with Allat, [104], [183], [565], [580], [593];
associated with Ramman and Nanâ, [159], [164];
Nergal in Samsu-iluna's pantheon, [162];
in Nebuchadnezzar's I. pantheon, [162];
epithets, [172];
chief of nether-world and subterranean demons, [183] (cf. [260]), [511], [563], [582];
associated with Ninib as god of the chase, [216], [218], [237];
with Ninib and Ashur, [216], [218];
god of war, [218], [582];
Cuthah his sacred city, [164], [218], [563], [583];
Kar-Nergal named in his honor, [219];
temple at Tarbisu, [219];
Laz his consort, [219], [243], [583];
identified with Dibbarra, [232], [528]-9, [594];
perhaps = Bel-sarbi, [242];
in incantations, [273], [280];
phases of, [280], [459];
= Mars as name of planet, [370], [459];
9th month sacred to N., [463];
sun of midday and summer solstice, [528], [582];
pictured as a lion, [530];
the lion a symbol of Nergal, [537], [580], [582];
identified with Gibil, [594];
associated with Allatu, [104], [183], [565], [580], [583], [593];
Nergal conquers and weds Allatu, [584]-5;
imitation of Tiâmat-Marduk fight, [585].
Nether-world, names of: Aralû, [557];
Ekur, [558];
Shuâlu, [558];
Kigallu, [562];
Irkalla, [563];
Kutu or Cuthah, [563];
epithets for n., [559], [563];
Nergal, lord of the n., [563];
the older head of the lower world a goddess, Allatu, not a god, [585].
New Year's Festival, see [Zag-muk].
Nibir = planet Marduk or Jupiter, in the zodiac in conjunction with Bel and Ea, [434]-5;
exercises control over all the stars, [458].
Nicolas of Damascus, source B.-A. religion, [1], [412].
Niebuhr, Carsten, [15].