Oracles, see also [Omens] and [Witchcraft], direct means of forecasting the future, [329];
occasions for asking o., [338] ff.;
blank forms for o., [341];
form of, [341] ff.;
Marduk, god of, [342];
asked of the sun-god, [334] ff.;
of Ishtar of Arbela, [342];
ceremonies accompanying o., [345];
relationship to penitential psalms, [347];
practical purpose of, [349];
by means of dreams, [349] ff.;
generally vague language, [344];
occasionally definite language, [360];
objects with which o. are concerned, [360];
given by priestesses, [485], or priests, [329], [560], [657]-8;
asked of the dead, [559]-60, [657];
asked on the New Year's festival, [628]-9.
Pantheon, divisions and development, [48]-50;
sources, [51];
comparison betw. p. in historical and in incantation texts, [297];
comparison betw. B. and A. pantheon, [189], [201].
Papakhu, chamber of the god, [627];
cosmological significance, [629].
Pap-sukal, i.e., divine messenger, epithet of Nin-shakh, Nebo, and Nusku, [93] (cf. [463], [571]);
in incantations, [273];
10th month sacred to P., Ishtar, and Anu, [463].
Pap-u, god, in the Cassite pantheon, [162], [172];
offspring of E-sharra, [174];
function, [174].
Paradise, belief in, among Babylonians, [578].
Parakku, chamber of the god, [627].
Parnapishtim, immortal, [488], [577];
P. and Gilgamesh, [492] ff.;
son of Kidin-Marduk, [488], [496];
born in Shurippak, [496];
his epithet Adra-Khasis, [505];
bears more resemblance to Lot than to Noah, [507].
Pa-sag, god, [51];
"the leader of the land," [101];
identity with Ishum, [101];
lieutenant of Shamash, [107];
in Gudea's pantheon, [106].
Patesi, [198].