Noah, resemblance to Parnapishtim less than is the case with Lot, [507].
Nu-gim-mud, title of Ea, [230].
Nun-gal, god of the 2d Bab. period, [168];
temple in Sippar, [168];
meaning of name, [168];
solar deity, [168];
becomes a demon, [168].
Nur-Rammân, of Ur, builder of Sin's temple in Ur, [76];
builder of temples to Nin-gal and Nannar at Ur, [97].
Nusku, fire-god, in Ass. pantheon, [188], [220]-1;
in Bab. pantheon, [220];
amalgamated with Gibil, [220], [277];
identified with Nabu, [220]-1;
ideographic writing of name and its explanation, [220];
solar deity, [220]-1, [279];
shrine in E-Sagila, [220], [241];
epithets, [221], [277], [280];
functions, [221];
shrine in E-Zida, [241];
in incantations, [271]-3, [277], [286];
younger than Gibil, [277];
a mythological conception, [277], [279];
Gibil-N, god of civilization, [278];
medium betw. worshipper and deity, [279];
associated with Anu, [277], [286];
associated with Bel and Ea, [279], [286];
Ishum, messenger of, [280];
worship at Nippur, [635];
see [Gibil].
Oktanos, see under [Ea], [63].
Old Testament, source for B.-A. religion, [1], [669] (cf. [696]);
relations betw. the Hebrews and B.-A., [2], [611], [697]-8;
contrast betw. Hebr. and B.-A. religion, [3], [668];
O. T. points of contact with Gilgamesh epic, [495];
with deluge story, [506] ff.;
parallels betw. Adam and Eabani, Eve and Ukhat, [511];
betw. Samson and Gilgamesh stories, [515]-6;
3d chapter Genesis compared with Adapa legend, [551];
Hebr. Sheôl || Bab. Shuâlu, [560];
Hebr. Shôel || Bab. Shâ'ilu, [560];
Hebr.-Bab. custom of inquiring of the dead, [560];
parallelism betw. Sargon I. and Moses, [562];
conceptions of nether-world in O. T. and in Bab., [606];
parallels betw. temple of Solomon and Bab. temple, [623], [632], [652]-3, [655];
libation of oil in O. T. and in Ass.-Bab., [665];
sacrifices in O. T. compared with Ass.-Bab., [667]-8;
teraphim and Ass.-Bab. amulets, [674];
Hebr. and Bab. New Years, [681];
Purim compared with Bab. 15th Adar festival, [686];
Ashera and tree worship in Babylonia, [689].
Omens, division of religious literature, [247];
purposes of, [248], [331];
comparative age of, [253]-4;
an indirect means of forecasting the future, [329];
directions for the priest in recognizing o., [330];
relationship betw. o. and prayers, [331];
part of magic element in the ritual, [331];
occasions for seeking an o., [331] ff.;
derived from offered animals, [332];
of a public character, [332] ff., [362], [364], [374], [401];
questions of an omen seeker, [333] ff., [369];
list of, [337], [362];
their relation to reports, [368], [372];
o. ritual, [338];
connecting link betw. incantations and o., [352];
variety of o. literature, [355], [362];
o. from stars, [356];
the more variety, the more significance—a principle of general application in interpretation of o., [358];
other guiding principles, [358] ff., [388], [401];
private o., [362], [403], [405];
o. series and mode of their composition, [363];
omens deduced from observations of eclipses, [357], [364];
restricted application of o. no hindrance to their practical use, [366], [372];
vagueness of o. intentional, [367];
interrelation betw. reports and o., [368], [372]-3;
importance of o. deduced from eclipses and more ordinary phenomena, [368]-9;
omens deduced from observations of planets, esp. Ishtar, and of other heavenly bodies, [371]-3;
omen calendars, [375], [382];
omens from terrestrial phenomena, [383] ff.;
logical principle controlling the interpretation, [384];
offshoot of sympathetic magic, [384];
birth omens, [384];
partly public, partly private character, [386];
the rarer the phenomena, the greater the significance, [385];
ideas of sympathetic magic in the interpretation of o., [388];
omens from offsprings of animals, [391] ff.;
omens from the actions of animals, [397]-402;
omens from dreams, [402]-4;
o. of a private character, [403];
popular phase of augury, [403];
omens from individual experiences, [404];
dividing line betw. omens of individual and of public character, [405];
the practical working of the omen belief, [406].
Ophites, a gnostic sect, [699].
Oppert, Jules, expedition to Babylonia, [8].