[286] See pp. [117] seq.

[287] We may therefore expect, some day, to come across the name Marduk in Assyrian texts earlier than the ninth century.

[288] See p. [131].

[289] So also Shalmaneser II., Obelisk, l. 179, unless Marduk here is an error for Ramman, cf. l. 175.

[290] See above, p. [146].

[291] The so-called Prunkinschrift, ll. 174 seq.

[292] Note the frequent use of Ashur and Bel for Assyria and Babylonia.

[293] Ashurbanabal, Rassam Cylinder, col ix. ll. 76, 77.

[294] See above, p. [205].

[295] IR. II. col. iv. ll. 34, 35.