The scribes in the days of Nebuchadnezzar (_c._ 1140 B.C.), at least, appear to have thought so, for they associate her with Bel, just as Sarpanitum is associated with Del-Marduk.

(See the Inscription VR.

57, col.ii.ll.11, 12.) [124] Whether, however, this was the real meaning of the name is doubtful, for the name of the goddess is also written Aru and Arua, which points to a different verbal stem.
[125] See below under Tashmitum.
[126] There are indications also of an arrested amalgamation of Erua-Sarpanitum with Tashmitum, the wife of Nabu.

(See Sayce, _Hibbert Lectures_, p.

112.) [127] Rawlinson, ii.