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The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria

CHAPTER VIII
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The king regards himself as the beloved of Marduk.
The god rejoices his heart and gives him power and plenty.

Even when paying his homage at the shrines of other deities, he does not forget to couple the name of Marduk with that of the deity whose protection he invokes.

So at Sippar, sacred to Shamash, and where the king deposits a cylinder recording the improvements that he instigated in the city, he associates the sun-god with Marduk, whereas in contradistinction to the rulers of the old Babylonian cities or states, when addressing Marduk, he does not find it necessary to make mention at the same time of an entire pantheon.

Marduk's protection suffices for all purposes.

This, of course, does not exclude the worship of other gods.


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