BIBLIOGRAPHY. (continued 1)
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Jastrow, Morris
Lasimu, a foreign god, 644.
Layard, Austen Henry, excavations, 7.
Laz, consort of Nergal, 219, 243; not mentioned in Ass. texts, 219; not mentioned in religious texts, 583.
Lebanon, cedar forests, 626.
Legal literature, see also Literature; source for study of religion, 166; religious character of, 245.
Libations, 664, 666; in Old Testament and in A.-B., 665.
Libit-Ishtar, 2d dynasty of Ur, builds temple of Nanâ in Ur, 81.
Life of the World, name of temple, 641.
Light of Shamash, name of temple, 641.
Lists of gods, 213, 216; character of, 233; prepared on the basis of religious texts, 233.
Literature, Ashurbanabal's library, 132; syllabaries, 135; religious l., 12, 13, 213, 216, 233, 245, 247, 690-1; temple records, 165; legal documents, 165-6; connection betw. religion and literature, 245, 691; historical texts, 246; uncertain demarcation betw. religious and secular l., 247; epics, see Gilgamesh, Eabani, Adapa; compound of popular belief and of theology, 689.
Local cults, origin of, 49; confusion with nature cult, 49-50; growth of, 49; policy of preservation of local cults by foreign conquerors, 69-70, 106, 111; confusion of (female) local cults, 80; prominence given to local gods as compared with others, 111; local cult features and general cult features compared, 110; survival of local cults, 113; factors obscuring local cults, 113-5; political factors, 113; popular factors, 114; theological factors, 114; absorption, 114, 168, 171; number of, 170, 234, 274; in lists, 233; of the Ass. pantheon, 234; importance diminishes, 235.
Loftus, William K., excavations, 9.
Lofty and Brilliant Wall, name of temple, 641.
Lot, bears more resemblance to Parnapishtim than Noah, 507.
Lugal-banda, god, 51; temple at Uruk, 95; local character, 95; identification with Nergal, 95; signification of name, 95.
Lugal-edinna, epithet of Nergal, 172, 280.
Lugal-erima (?), god, 51; his local character, 97; interpretation of name, 97.
Lugal-gira, epithet of Nergal, 172, 280.
Lugal-ki-mu-na, in proper names of the 2d Bab. period, 169.
Lugal-Marada, god, temple at Marad, 242; a solar deity, 473; patron of Gilgamesh, identical with Shamash, 486.
Lugal-mit-tu, in Samsu-iluna's pantheon, 162; wall of L., 172; meaning of name, 172.
Lugal-zaggisi, old Babylonian king of Uruk, 101; his pantheon and its age, 110, 636; gods common to Lugal-zaggisi's and Gudea's pantheon, 110; priest of Anu, 110.
Lulubite, name of people, 532.
Lunar cycle and sun calendar, 78.
Ma-an-ish-tu-su, servitor of Â, 74.
Magarida, a foreign god, 644.
Magganubba, city in n.-e. Assyria, sanctuary of Sin, 219; restored by Sargon II., 232; cult of Damku, Sharru-ilu, Sha-nit(?)-ka, 232.
Magical texts, subdivision of religious literature, 247; practical purposes, 246, 255; beginning of rituals, 247, 253-4, 269; number of, 247; comparative age of, 253, 256; primitive popular thought, 254, 292; method of composition, 254; titles of, 254-5; incantation rituals and their growth, 255, 283 ff.; Ea and Eridu prominent in, 256; compiled character, 256-7; date of composition, 257; bilingual redaction, 258; metrical traits, 259; source of study of popular beliefs, 259; occurrence of Gibil evidence of ancient age of, 277; pantheon in m. t. compared with that in historical texts, 297.
Mahmal, tabernacle, compared with the Bab. ship for the gods, 655.
Makhir, god of dreams, 323, 402.
Maklu series, 286 ff., 302.
Ma-ku-a, name of Marduk's ship, 655.
Malik, god, in Nabubaliddin's pantheon, 162, 176; associated with Shamash and Bunene, 176; in proper names of the time of Hammurabi, 176; often used as epithet of Shamash, 176; meaning of name, 176; Malik and Bunene, attendants of Shamash, 177; consort of Bunene, 177.
Malkatu = Â.
Malku, name of canal, 655; name of Naru's ship, 655.
Ma-ma, variant for Gula, 105.
Mammitu, goddess; M. and Anunnaki determine death and life, 493.
Mamu, a form of Gula in proper names of the 2d Bab. period, 169.
Mandacan, legend of Rustem parallel to Etana legend, 520 ff.