No god in the mind of the Babylonian had reached the position of combining in himself all the qualities of divinity. So it did not seem inconsistent to the Babylonian to worship two gods like Bêl and Nannar, or more gods. There was a tolerance of all gods; each was considered as acting in his own circle, and these circles did not necessarily exclude the one the other. One god might be more important than another, according to the importance of the circle in which his virtue was effective, or according to the importance of the political power the circle of whose sway was under the special tutelage of some particular god. Babylonian worship cannot be said to be polytheistic in the grosser form, nor had it reached the higher ideal that lies in monotheism. It may properly be considered a henotheistic worship in which there is a pantheon of gods whose local and universal claims did not cause the gods or their devotees to war the one on the other. There is a truly great bilingual hymn addressed to Nannar. According to the colophon it was transcribed by the chief penman of Ašurbânipal from an old copy. My impression is that it is an enlargement of the hymn to Nannar of which this Thesis gives a transliteration, translation and commentary. For this reason I herewith append the following translation: “O lord, highest of the gods, alone in heaven and earth exalted! O father Nannar, lord of Anšar, highest of the gods! O father Nannar, lord Anu the great, highest of the gods! O father Nannar, lord Sin, highest of the gods! O father Nannar, lord of Ur, highest of the gods! O father Nannar, lord of E-gišširgal, highest of the gods! O father Nannar, lord of the shining crown, highest of the gods! O father Nannar, of most perfect royalty, highest of the gods! O father Nannar, in royal robes marching, highest of the gods! O strong young bullock, with great horns, of perfect physical strength, with hazel-colored pointed beard of luxurious growth and perfect fulness! O fruit, whose stalk growing of itself reacheth a tall form, beautiful to look upon, whose perfection never satiateth! O mother, the producer of life, thou who settest up for the creatures of life a lofty dwelling! O merciful and gracious father, thou who holdest in hand the life of all the land! O lord, thy divinity, like the distant heavens and the broad sea, inspireth reverence! O creator of the lands, founding the temple and giving it a name! O namer of royalty, determiner of the future for distant days! O mighty prince, whose distant thought no god can declare! O thou whose knee bendeth not, opener of the road for the gods thy brothers! O thou who goest forth from the foundation of heaven to the height of heaven, opening the door of heaven, creating light for all men!