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To the sun-god, etc., 67, 68 PRIEST-S

Date of account: Ancient traditions presented in a work published 1916
Source: Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria
Reference: Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria · selected passage 109
Rights: public_domain
Language: English synthesis of Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian material
Translation: Lewis Spence, with cited translations and retellings
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Greek god, 315 PRAYER-S. To the sun-god, etc., 67, 68 PRIEST-S. Akkadian tongue preserved by Babylonian, 14; those of Lagash became kings, 16; high, of Asshur, took title of king, 21, 208; sole mythographers, 191; -hood, cult and temples, 239-241; wizards and, 260; -magician; the chamber of the, 270-275; liver-reading by, 282; of Thebes, Memphis, and On, 314; of Nippur and Erech, 314 PRIESTESSES. In Babylonia, 240, 241 PRIEST-HOOD. _See_ Priests PRISONER-GODS. Assyrian rulers and, 225, 226 PRO-ME'THE-US. Lugalbanda and, 93; Zu and, 195 PSALMS, BOOK OF THE. National, not individual, 320; Poetical form of, 322 PU'NIC. Religion, 330 PURIFICATION, 270; by water, in connexion with Babylonian magic, 270 PÛRIM.

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