Planets, observations of, [370];
identifications of p. with deities, [370], [459] (cf. [619]);
prominence of Ishtar-Venus, in astrological texts, [371];
regarded as auguries for the chiefs and the general welfare, [373];
planets and zikkurats, [619].
Politics, affecting religion and literature, [108], [110]-1, [134]-5, [201], [239], [690]-1.
Popular Belief, see [Theology and Popular Belief].
Prayers, see also [Hymns], occasions, [663];
in connection with incantations, [293], [299];
without accompaniment of incantations, [294];
curses regarded as p., [296];
no line of demarcation betw. incantations and p., [297], [299], [307];
ethics in, [298];
power of words, [328];
no p. in its highest form, [329];
relationship betw. prayers and omen, [330];
efficacy dependent on their being uttered in the right manner and by the right person, [353].
Priestly codes, [362].
Priests and priestesses, divisions of, [269], [241]-2, [657]-8;
p. as exorciser and his function, [271]-2, [330], [657]-8;
mediator betw. man and god, [315], [331], [353], [374], [560], [627], [692];
prognostication of future, [329], [560], [657];
importance of, [353];
"Priests of Ashur," association of priestly functions with early kingship, [374];
priests and priestesses in their functions, [485], [655] ff., [692];
priests purifying the dead, [578], [602];
general name for priest, [657]-8, [676];
priestesses as dirge singers, [604], [658];
as judges, [625], [658];
intellectual leaders, [693];
as sacrificers, [657]-8;
eligibility to priesthood, [658]-9;
women priests, [485], [659]-60.
Proper names, see also [Names], composition of, [165];
source of study of divinities, [166];
evidence of age of cult of gods (Ishme-Dagan), [208];
Samsi-Ramman, [209].
Psalms, see [Penitential Psalms]; also [Hymns], [Prayers].
Ptolemy, see [Claudius Ptolemaeus].
Pudilu, builds temple of Shamash at Ashur, [209].