BIBLIOGRAPHY. (continued 1)
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Gim-nun-ta-ud-du-a, son of Bau, 103; explanation of name, 103; probable functions, 103.
Gin-shul-pa-uddu, wife of Gudea, 99.
Girra, attendant of Nergal and Allatu, 588; identified with Dibbarra, 588; a form of Nergal in later texts, 589.
Girsu, see Lagash.
Gish-galla (?), quarter of Lagash, 57; temple of Ninni, 80.
Gish-zida, identical with solar deity Nin-gish-zida, 547; G. and Tammuz, doorkeepers of heaven, 546; 5th month sacred to G., 547; intercedes for Adapa with Anu, 548-9.
Gnosticism, influenced by B.-A. religion, 698.
Great Place, name of temple, 641.
Grotefend, Georg Friedrich, decipherment of wedge writing, 16.
Gudea statues, 57, 652; his pantheon, 106 ff., 635; number of deities indicative of the extent of his sovereignty, 106; principle of order, 107; gods common to Gudea's and Lugalzaggisi's pantheon, 110; deified, 167, 470, 561; his zikkurat, 615, 619; builder of temples, 642; imports diorite from Sinai peninsula, 627, 651; Gudea's apsu, 653; Gudea's ship for Ningirsu, 654; G.'s votive objects and inscription, 57, 668-9, 672.
Gula, identified with Bau, 60; associated with Ninib, 105 (cf. 576); goddess of healing, 105, 166, 175, 282 (cf. 576, 683); in Nebuchadnezzar's I. pantheon, 162, 175; epithets, 166, 173, 175, 576; goddess of nether-world, 174-5; position intermediate betw. gods of the living and gods of the dead, 175 (cf. 576); creator of mankind, 175; her sanctuary erected by Ashurnasirbal, 218; her festival celebrated by Ashurbanabal, 218, 683; = Nin-Karrak, 242; temple at Babylon (see Nin-Karrak), 242, 638; three sanctuaries at Borsippa, 242, 636 (E-ulla), 641; in incantations, 273, 282; 12th day of Iyar sacred to G., 683.
Gurmu, son of Bau, 103.
Gushgin-banda, 171; "brilliant chief," patron of metal-workers, 178.
Halévy, J., Sumerian question, 22-4.
Hallabi, city near Sippar, temple of Ninni, 117, 144.
Hamath, city in N. Syria, 578.
Hammurabi, king of Babylon, secures the hegemony in Babylonia, 116, 532; Marduk, the chief of his pantheon, 117; builds temples, 642; builds temple to Ninni at Hallabi, 117; builds E-Zida, 121; ignores cult of Nabu, 128; suppresses cult of Erua, 130; care of temple of Shamash at Larsa, 143-4; Shamash cult, 117, 143-4; at Sippar, 117, 143; at Larsa, 143; Ninni cult at Hallabi, 144-5; "proclaimer of Anu and Bel," 146-7; beloved shepherd of Belit, 150; list of names of gods in H.'s pantheon, 161-2; "The Akkadian," 532; H.'s character as a Messiah, 533; = Amraphel, 534.
Harran, city in Mesopotamia, sacred to Sin, 76, 241, 641, 647; its importance and political decline, 77; meaning of its name, 78; associations with Ur, 77; enjoys the patronage of Sargon II., 77; temple of Sin, 76, 241, 641; patronized by Nabonnedos, 77, 242.
Haynes, John H., excavations, 11.
Heart of Shamash, name of a temple, 641.
Hebrews, see Old Testament.
Hercules, parallelism with Gilgamesh, 516.
Herodotus, source for B.-A. religion, 1; history of Assyria, 3; history of Persia, 4; notices on B.-A. religion, 4; notices on Ishtar cult in Erech, 485.
Hillah, village, site of, 8.
Historical texts, value as source for religion, 51, 166, 246, 661; pantheon in h. t. compared with that in incantation texts, 297; source for knowledge of sacrifices, 661.
Hittites, eagle standard among the H., 527; influence on Assyrian architecture, 627.
Hommel, Fritz, Sumerian question, 21.
Homoroka = Marduk, 5.
House Full of Joy, name of temple, 641.
House of Fifty, see E-ninnu.
House of Great Splendor, name of temple, 641.
House of Hearkening to Prayers, name of temple, 641.
House of Light, name of temple, 641.
House of the Brilliant Precinct, name of temple, 641.
House of the Seven Divisions of Heaven and Earth, name of zikkurat at Borsippa, 639.
House of the Seven Zones, name of zikkurat at Uruk, 639.
House Without Rival, name of temple, 641.
Hymns and prayers, division of religious literature, 247, 293; where composed, 248; in connection with incantations, 293, 301; h. to Shamash, 300 ff.; to Sin, 303-4; dialogue style of composition, 305; to Nebo, 306; no difference in thought betw. h. and incantation, 301, 307; illustrating relationship betw. man and gods, 309; deity as person of dialogue in, 310; see also Prayers.
Iamblichus, source of B.-A. religion, 399.
Idiklat = Tigris, 28.