144. 



accepted by the Monotlieists as the one true God, in the last 

 verse of chap. iv. of Genesis, where, as I understand the 

 passage, it is said that 'about this time, he {i.e., Seth, the 

 Lord of Thih) began to be called by the name of Jehovah/"* 



The god Ea and his son Marduk will always be of the 

 greatest interest to the students of comparative religion. Ea 

 was the lord and governor of all mankind, the supreme great 

 god; his son Marduk was the mediator between man and 

 this god. The children of men offered their prayers to him 

 and he bore them to his great father who received them at 

 his hands. The complaint of the penitent sinner was directed 

 to Ea through his son Marduk, and he commissioned his son, 

 the god of light, to bestow his pardon on him. The rebellion 

 of the gods of darkness and night, against light, was 

 quenched by this shining god ; and to the mind of the 

 Babylonian he was the saviour of all. 



After the first triad of gods came " the seven magnificent 

 deities. '* On\j six of them are mentioned in the inscription 

 under consideration, but below is a list of the seven with 

 ideographs, glosses, &c. 



* Jnl. B.A.S,, vol. xii. p. 81. 



