[245] More precisely Arba-ilu, signifying 'city of the fourfold divinity' or 'four-god' city. _Cf._ the Palestinian form Kiryath-Arba, "four city,"--originally perhaps, likewise, a city of four gods, rather than four roads or four quarters, as commonly explained. [246] IR. 14, l. 86. [247] _Babyl.-Assyr. Geschichte_, p. 85. [248] See above, p. 83. [249] See above, pp. 83, 84. [250] Cylinder B, col. v. ll. 30 _seq._; elsewhere (Rassam Cylinder, col. ii. ll. 115 _seq._) he prays to Ashur and Ishtar. [251] Rassam Cylinder, col. viii. l. 92. Elsewhere, Cylinder B, col. v. 17, Ishtar is called the daughter of Bel. This, however, must be an error; either Sin must be read for Bel, or _khirat_ (consort) for _marat_ (daughter). [252] See above, p. 151. [253] See Barton, "The Semitic Ishtar Cult" (_Hebraica_, x. 9-12). [254] _I.e._, _c._ 1800 B.C. [255] See p. 154. [256] See above, p. 149. [257] See below, p. 237. [258] A king of Nippur (_c._ 2500 B.C.) bears the name Ishme-Dagan. [259] See above, p. 154; Tiele, _Geschichte der Religion im Alterthum_, i. 172. [260] See Hommel, _Geschichte_, p. 490. How much earlier Samsi-Ramman I. reigned is not known--perhaps only 40 or 50 years. [261] The _d_ of Dagon would be represented by _d_ in cuneiform writing. [262] See p. 154. [263] An eponym in his days bears the name Daganbelusur. [264] In the El-Amarna tablets (_c._ 1400 B.C.) the governors of the Palestinian states generally address their Egyptian lord as 'my sun'. [265] Exactly of what nature we do not know. The Assyrian word used, Cylinder, l. 43, is obscure. [266] See p. 160. [267] IR. 8, col. i. 85. See above, p. 166. [268] Ashurnasirbal calls him so in his annals, _e.g._, col. iii. 1. 130. [269] Bavian Inscription, ll. 48-50. See also Meissner-Rost, _Bauinschriften Sanherib's_, p. 102. The reading of the name of the city is not certain. It signifies 'city of palaces.' [270] _c._ 1120 B.C. [271] II Rawlinson, 57, 33. [272] So Tiglathpileser associates Ashur and Nin-ib, as those 'who fulfill his desire.' [273] Ashurnasirbal's father bears the name Tukulti-Ninib. [274] See above, pp. 151, 206. [275] One of the gates of Sargon's palace is called after Nin-ib. [276] See above, p. 57. [277] See above, pp. 92-94. [278] _Kosmologie_, pp. 457-475. [279] He is also called the offspring of a goddess, Ku-tu-shar, but this reference is not clear. See Jensen, _Kosmologie_, p. 468, note 5. [280] In a religious text he is addressed as 'holy, holy, holy.' [281] Balawat, col. v. ll. 4, 5. [282] Kar = fortress. [283] See Sayce, _Hibbert Lectures_, p. 438, and Jensen's important note, _Kosmologie_, pp. 492-494. [284] See pp. 124, 125. [285] Cylinder, l. 61. [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.