To Beltis was attached the number 15, to Nergal 12, to Bar or Nin (apparently) 40, as to Hoa; but this is perhaps doubtful.

It is probable that every god, or at any rate all the principle deities, had in a similar way some numerical emblem.

Many of these are, however, as yet undiscovered.
Further, each god seems to have had one or more emblematic signs by which he could be pictorially symbolized.

The cylinders are full of such forms, which are often crowded into every vacant space where room could be found for them.

A certain number can be assigned definitely to particular divinities.