Belit, the wife of Bel, the feminine principle of nature, [244]-[245];
one of the "twelve great gods," [246].
Bel-Maruduk, see [Marduk.]
Berosus, Babylonian priest; his History of Chaldea, [128];
his version of the legend of Oannes, [184]-[185];
his account of the Chaldean Cosmogony, [260]-[261], [267];
his account of the great tower and the confusion of tongues, [292]-[293];
his account of the Deluge, [299]-[301].
Birs-Nimrud or Birs-i-Nimrud, see [Borsippa.]
Books, not always of paper, [93];