The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world- or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire (1880) (14781398322)

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Title: The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Rawlinson, George, 1812-1902
Subjects: Mauritius Export Development and Investment Authority History, Ancient Assyria -- History Babylonia -- History Parthia -- History Iran -- History
Publisher: New York : J. W. Lovell company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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(Niffer), she shared fully in her husbandshonors. She had a shrine at Ur (Mugheir), another atRubesi,and another outside the walls of Babylon. Some of thesetemples were very ancient, those at Warka and Niflfer beingbuilt by Urukh, while that at Mugheir Avas either built or re-paired by Ismi-dagon. According to one record,^ Beltis was a daughter of Ana. Itwas especially as Queen of Nipur that she Avas the wife ofher son Nin. Perhaps this idea grew up out of the fact that atNipur the two were associated together in a common worship.It appears to have given rise to some of the Greek traditionswith respect to Semiramis, who was made to contract an in-cestuous marriage with her own son Ninyas, although no ex-planation can at present be given of the application to Beltisof that name. HEA, or HOA. The third god of the first Triad was Ilea, or Hoa. probablythe Aiis (Aof) of Damascus.^^ His appellation is perhaps bestrendered into Greek by the ilv of Helladius—the name given Vol. Plate XXI.
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Ncbo (fiuin a statue lit ilio UiHiili MuA>cun)). Plate XXII. Vol I. Fig. 1.