[The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea by George Rawlinson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea CHAPTER VII 17/54
Urukh, the earliest monumental king, built him a temple at Niffer; and Kurri-galzu, one of the latest, paid him the same honor at Akkerkuf.
Urukh also frequently mentions him in his inscriptions in connection with Hurki, the Moon-god, whom he calls his "eldest son." BELTIS. Beltis, the wife of Bel-Nimrod, presents a strong contrast to Anata, the wife of Ana.
She is far more than the mere female power of Bel-Nimrod, being in fact a separate and very important deity.
Her common title is "the Great Goddess." In Chaldaea her name was Mulita or Enuta--both words signifying "the Lady;" in Assyria she was Bilta or Bilta-Nipruta, the feminine forms of Bil and Bilu-Nipru.
Her favorite title was "the Mother of the Gods," or "the Mother of the Great Gods:" whence it is tolerably clear that she was the "Dea Syria" worshipped at Hierapolis under the Arian appellation of Mabog.
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