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The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, Theophilus Goldridge Pinches
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Theophilus Goldridge Pinches

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria

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Quotes

  • Alexandra Skitiovahas quotedlast year
    In the case of rivers, these were divine as being the children and offspring of Enki (Aa or Êa), the god of the ocean.
  • Alexandra Skitiovahas quotedlast year
    All the great cities of Babylonia, moreover, were sacred places, the chief in renown and importance in later days being the great city of Babylon, where Ê-sagila, "the temple of the high head," in which was apparently the shrine called "the temple of the foundation of heaven and earth," held the first place.
  • Alexandra Skitiovahas quotedlast year
    a kind of step-pyramid, the stages being seven in number (omitting the lowest, which was the platform forming the foundation of the structure). A winding ascent gave access to the top, where was a chapel or shrine, containing no statue, but regarded by the Babylonians as the abode of the god. Lower down was another shrine, in which was placed a great statue of Zeus (Bel-Merodach) sitting, with a large table before it.

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