Thus only could they re-enter into the state of legal cleanness.

A similar impurity attached to those who came into contact with a human corpse.

The Babylonians are remarkable for the extent to which they affected symbolism in religion.

In the first place they attached to each god a special mystic number, which is used as his emblem and may even stand for his name in an inscription.

To the gods of the First Triad-Ami, Bel, and Hea or Hoa--were assigned respectively the numbers 60, 50, and 40; to those of the Second Triad--the Moon, the Sun and the Atmosphere--were given the other integers, 30, 20, and 10 (or perhaps six).