Feb.4] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.
noticed,*SarnerraandGallamta-udduaare regent divinitiesof the
"GreatTwins,"togetherwith
"f <« < ~f <rTT
D.P. Sin u D.P. Nergal
The Moon and the Great-hero.
The " Hero," Ner, Nerra, is the Death-god, called" Nergal of the
Apparitions,"t patron divinityof the Akkadian townGudua(" the
Resting-place"), Semitic Kutu, where was a famous necropolis.
Hence,"the menof Cuth," when transplanted into the land of
Israel, still"madeNergal" their specialgod. J The Moon-godis
appropriately connected with the peculiarly lunar constellation
Taurus.§ and Bartabbais a title of Nergal. || Gal (cf. the Turkic
tut/i,'great')+ gal = "very great"; /a, the emphatic prolongation
So we find —-]£\- £|--tz],lAkkadianDingir-gal-gal-la,Assyrian
Hi rabati, "thegreatgods."
Line6, Star No.V.
tfcE? + * SI ^ t^
Kakkab Bar - tab - ba - du - du
The-Star of-the-Little-Twins.
- Hf- <K*T < Hf- £-eT "<EM
D.P. Si-du u D.P. Nin - sar
Tie-goddessSidu, and the goddess Lady-of-rising.
Bartabba = (lit.) "The-double (&=, taba) half" (Jf- , bar.)
"TheLittle Twins,"as will be seen from Fig. 1, must be Nath
("Horn-push,"p Tauri) andif Tauri. Ninsaris a name of Istar**
- Sup. (Jan.),p. 148. t W.A.I. Ill, 67, 70, ap. Sayce.
t 2 Kings xvii,30. Oi avdpig Xoi)6iiroii)iravti)v 'Kpyi(LXX,in loo).
§ Vide R. B., Jr., Remarks on the Zodiacal Virgo,sec. viii. Cf. Porphyry :
"TheMoon,whopresidesovergeneration,wascalledby the ancients a Bull.
Taurusis the exaltation of the Moon " (Peri ton Nymph. Ant.,VIII).
II W.A.I. III, 68, 68. f TaMet S. 27, line 46.
** " The true etymology " of the non-Semitic goddess-nameIstar(or As-tar) is
said to have been"buriedin the night of antiquity"(Sayce,Kel. And.Babylonians,
P- 257. Prof.SayceregardsEstheras a variant); but it at once appearson a
comparisonwith the cognate dialects:—Sumero-Ak. /r(-tar), Magyar/r(-ten),
KamacintziEsch,ArimziF.isch('God'),Yenissei-OstiakEs ('heaven'); for, as
Castrenobserves," Allen altaischenVolkernam meisten denhimmlischenGott
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