Attributing the success of their undertakings--whether it be a military campaign, or the construction of some edifice, or a successful hunt--to the protection offered by the gods, the kings do not tire of singing the praises of the deity or deities as whose favorites they regarded themselves.

The gods are constantly at the monarch's side.

Now we are told of a dream sent to encourage the army on the approach of a battle, and again of some portent which bade the king be of good cheer.

To the gods, the appeal is constantly made, and to them all good things are ascribed.

From the legal documents, likewise, much may be gathered bearing on the religion.
The protection of the gods is invoked or their curses called down; the oath is taken in their name; while the manner in which the temples are involved in the commercial life of ancient Babylonia renders these tablets, which are chiefly valuable as affording us a remarkable insight into the people's daily life, of importance also in illustrating certain phases of the religious organization of the country.