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reason wliy such a deity might not yet be found ”; and he 
adduced the names of the cities Arba-il (Arbela), meaning 
four gods, and Arba-nun (Accadian, Sanakha), four fish. After 
this I mentioned the question to Mr. Boscawen, who, on 
referring to another tablet, found the number 4 attached to 
the god Sarturda, who was worshipped by Izdubar at Erech 
(the ccrTc of the god is spoken of), and to whom a very 
early king of Erech, Sin-gasit, built a temple there. He was 
also worshipped at Amarda or Marad, in Chaldaea. 
88. Here then is the Chaldsean god Arba. The analogy of 
Esmun had first suggested the guess to me. 
89. The god, eighth of the Cabeiri, was well known as a 
Phoenician deity, and his name is the numeral 8. Let us 
trace the local names compounded with the element Arba. 
90. We find Arba-nun in the South of Assyria; Arba-il 
(the celebrated Arbela) eastward from Nineveh ; Arba-chiveh 
close to Kouyunjik (Smith, Die. of B., “ Nineveh ”) ; Arbat 
near Nisibin ; Arba-ki in the North of Mesopotamia, meaning 
Arba-land, with many strong cities in it. The Arbayans are 
mentioned in an inscription of Shalmaneser II.* * * § (perhaps we 
may add Arban on the Khabour, where most interesting 
archaic Assyrian remains were found byLayardf). Then in 
Galilee is Arbela (? Arba-il), perhaps the same as Beth-arbel ; to 
the east of Gadara, on the other side of Jordan, another Arbela; 
and lastly the celebrated “ Kiriath-arba, which is Hebron.” 
Now this line of “Arba” cities and regions traces the very track 
which was followed by the great migrations from Babylonia to 
the borders of Egypt, and, as it would seem, the worshippers of 
Arba brought and planted their god in all these places. It is 
worthy of notice that the god Arba figures among the ancient 
heroes given by Abydenus as the father of Ninus (Arbelus), 
and the same name is given as that of his great-grandfather. { 
To turn to Anak : If the numerical symbol of Nebo had been 
4, one might have thought him the god in question, as his 
name in Accadian was written Anak § : his number, however, 
seems to have been 1 0 ; but he was the god of the fourth day 
of the week, and the god of Kharran. 
91. It may be that Arba and Anak were not identical, for 
we are told in the book of Joshua that “ Arba was the father 
* Records, iii. 100. These Arbayans may, however, probably be Arabians, 
as Mr. Sayce and Mr. G. Smith think, 
f Nin. and Bab. + T. 8. B. A., v. 276. 
§ T. S. B. A., iii. 138-521. An, God ; ah, Lord. 
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