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men. Besides the name of the Avell-known Assyrian kings 

 TuhiUi-Ninip, " My trust is Ninip," and A^inijJ-tnklat-Assiir, 

 " Ninip (is) the trust of Assnr," we have^ oii^y Rahu-sa-Ninip 

 Raba-sa-Ninip, " Ninip 's great one ; " Sangu-Ninip, " Priest 

 of Ninip " (perhaps really a title), Ninip-sarra-usur, " Ninip, 

 jorotect the king," and a few more. Nevertheless, a great 

 deal may possibly hang on this deity, when we have more 

 material and information about him, for it is he whom the 

 ancient inhabitants of the East identified Avith '• the moat 

 high God " of Salem or Jerusalem.* One of his titles was 

 Tgi-gibbu,-=dlik mahri or dlik pdni, "one who goes before," 

 jjrobably meaning " a primeeval god." It is not impossible 

 that Ninip is intended in the following names : — 



Igi-guhu-na'id, "I. is glorious." 

 Tgi-guhu-reua, " I. is my shepherd." 

 Igi-guhu-dha-nsur, " I., protect the father." 

 Igi-guhu-dha-iddina, " I. has given a brother." 

 Igi-guhu-sum-iddina, " I. has given a name." 

 Igi-gubu-sarra-usur, "I., protect the king." 

 Igi-gubu-iMsa, " I. has given." 

 Igi-gubu-Mnu (-ktni), " I. is faithful or everlasting." 



Among the other less frequent deities may be quoted 

 >->^ ■^>- ii:^cy Jl36^i=y, which is probably to be read Bunene. 

 We find the following names which refer to this deity: 

 Bunene-ibm., "B. has created;" Bunene-dha-iddina, "B. has 

 given a brother;" Bunene-sarra-nsur, "B., protect the king;" 

 and Arad'Bunene, " Servant of B." He was worshipped at 

 Sippara, and also in the temple of the Moon and the Sun at 

 Assur. He, too, was one of the deities invoked when 

 sacrifices were made to the Sungod. 



>->{- j^y "^^ y*" is apparently to be read Sugidla. He 

 was god of t^ J^y j-^y ^Igf, Sumdula. One of the names 

 compounded with his is Sugidla-eres, " S. has planted." 



>->y- 5:^ f:^5^, Tsum, " the glorious sacrificer," who bears 

 the surname muttalliku,'\ appears in the name Isum-uballit, 

 " Isum has given life," and m Niir-Tsum, " Light of Isum," 

 about 2000 B.C. He is given as one of the gods who were in 



* His principal temple in Bibvlonia was at Nippur. Cf. W.A.I. II. 



Gi,:.o. 



t Probable meaning, "He wlio goes qnicklv.'' 



