The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4: Babylon: The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.Rawlinson, George
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The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4: Babylon: The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.
The names of the Babylonians, like those of the Assyrians, were
significant. Generally, if not always, they were composed of at least
two elements. These might be a noun in the nominative case with a verb
following it, a noun in the nominative with a participle in apposition,
or a word meaning “servant” followed by the name of a god. Under the
first class came such names as “Bel-ipni”--“Bel has made (me)”--from Bel,
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