Namtar
Americannoun
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The various deities honoured Namtar, except Nergal, by standing up to receive him.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander
Some of these diseases, moreover, were personified, as Namtar, the demon of 'plague,' and Ashakku, the demon of 'wasting disease.'
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
Namtar, god of pestilence, 569; strikes Ishtar with disease, 570; messenger of Allatu, 570, 580.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
Namtar fulfilled her command and took the goddess through the seven enclosures, at each gate restoring to her the article of her attire that had been taken at her entrance.
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)
The idea is that the Namtar, on beholding his own likeness, will flee from it in dismay!
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)
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