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];