20 THEO. G. PINCHES, ESQ., ON 



probably means " lltevi is gracious." Compare the Heb. pn 



and p:n. 



Of" >-4- ^y>- "^"if, Martu, wbo was called " the son of 

 Anu," I have only as yet come across one name, and that a 

 slave's, compounded with his, namely, Martu-zera-ibni, " M. 

 has created seed." 



Other deities whose names occur are >-4- ^^» Amar, 

 perhaps sometimes a mistake for »->f- ^^-^f, Amar-uduk or 

 Merodach {Amar-dhe-mur, "A., protect the brothers; Amar- 

 iisallim., " A. has given peace ;" Amar-apa ; A7nar-dha-iddina, 

 "A. has given a brother;" Amar-natanii, "A. has given"); 

 *■>{' 1^ ^, Ddanu, the judge, probably another name for the 

 sungod [Ddan-sum-ihni, '•'■D. has created the name ;" Ddcm- 

 sitm-iddina, " D. has given a name;" Ddan-dha (dhe)-iddi7ia, 

 " D. has given a brother," or "brothers;" Ddan-sum-usur^ 

 "D. protect the name"); >->^ ^: V, Illat (Illatu, lUati, 

 I Rata; Arad-lllat, "Servant of Illat") ; *-*{- *^^ ^f, Mdr- 

 bili, " the son of the house " {Mdr-hiti-iddina, " M. has given ;" 

 Mdr-biti-dTie-iddina, " M. has given brothers) ; >->f- ^^^ ^C:J:, 

 h \mlmn or IJiunhum {Lumlmn-dha-iddina, " L. has given a 

 brother ") ; and a few others. It is noteworthy that we find 

 the name *-^ ^ = *~^ »- >^, Assur, Asshur, the national 

 god of Assyria, Babylonia's ancient foe, in the names Ana- 

 Assur-taklak, " I trust in Assur ; Assur-Htru, " A. is an aid ;" 

 Assur-remanni, "Assur, be merciful tome;" Assur-zera-ibm, 

 "A. has created seed;" Assur-sarra {dhci)-iisur, "Assur, 

 protect the king," or " the brother," &c. y>-.-y, Assur, 



was also used as a man's name by itself, and without any 

 prefix. 



As names of goddesses compounded with men's or women's 

 names (probably mostly the latter) we find Beltu (Beltis), 

 Istar, Inninni {Inninmi'). Anunitu^, N^and, Bau or Gula (also 

 called, apparently, by the Akkadians, Meme), Aa, Tasinetu^, 

 Banitu'"^, ManimiM^, Ba!ti or Ba'iii, Sarrat, Bidinnam, AskciHtu^, 

 Kibittc^, &G. Many of these could, like the gods, be identified 

 with each other, but it is doubtful if any goddess was 

 identified with any god, except in so far that she might 

 represent him as his consort (for every god had his feminine 

 counterpart). Of many of these goddesses the same things 

 are stated as of the gods, as, for instance, Beltu-teres, "Beltis 

 bas planted;" Beltu-tetir, "B. has p-uarded ; " Beltu-saduCy 



