Die fünf großen Monarchien der alten östlichen Welt; oder, der Geschichte, Geographie und antiquites, Chaldäa, Assyrien, Babylonien, Medien und Persien. Heutige derzeit als Birs-Nimrud, wasdedicated zu seinen Ehren. Er hatte auch einen Schrein atCalah (nimrud), woher beschafft wurden die statuesrepresenting ihn, die jetzt in der BritishMuseum. Er war in der besonderen Gunst der kingsof der großen Babylonischen Reiches, nach ihm mostlynamed waren, und betrachtet ihn als presidingover ihr Haus. Sein Symbol ist noch nicht beenrecognized. Die Frau von Nebo, wie bereits angemerkt, wurde Yara-mit oder Urmit - ein Wort, das p

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The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . nown at present as the Birs-Nimrud, wasdedicated to his honour. He had also a shrine atCalah (Nimrud), whence were procured the statuesrepresenting him which are now in the BritishMuseum. He was in special favour with the kingsof the great Babylonian empire, who were mostlynamed after him, and viewed him as presidingover their house. His symbol has not yet beenrecognised. The wife of Nebo, as already observed, was Yara-mit or Urmit—a word which perhaps means ex-alted, from the root on, to be lifted up. Nospecial attributes are ascribed to this goddess, who ^ When Nebo first appears in As-syria, it is as a foreign god, whoseworship is brought thither irom Ba-bylonia. His worship was nevercommon in the more northern coun-try. Iliis is the monarch wliose nameis read as Mntagyil-Nebu, the grand-father of Tiglath-Pileser I., who ismentioned in that monarchs greatinscription, (p. GO.) Chap. YII. NEBO. 179 merely accompanies her liiisband in most of theplaces where he is mentioned by name.. Nebo (ft-om a statue in the British Museum). Such, then, seem to have been the chief godsworshipped by the early Chaldoeans. It would bean endless as well as an unprofitable task to give N 2 180 THE FIRST MONAKCHY. Chap. VIT. an account of the inferior deities. Their name is Legion ; and they are, for the most part, too vagueand shadowy for effective description. A vast num-ber are merely local; and it may be suspected thatwhere this is the case the great gods of the Pantheoncome before us repeatedly, disguised under rustictitles. We have, moreover, no clue at present tothis labyrinth, on which, even with greater know-ledge, it would perhaps be best for us to forbear toenter; since there is no reason to expect that weshould obtain any really valuable results from itsexploration. A few words, however, may be added upon thesubject of the C

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