The wild goat motif can be seen on Iranian pottery dating back to the 4th millennium BCE, as well as jewellery pieces especially among Cassite tribes of ancient Luristan. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
From Naram-Sin, ruler of Agade, on through the period of Cassite rule, the kings of. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Members of the Cassite dynasty devote themselves to the restoration of this sanctuary. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
So, for example, Nazi-Maruttash, another Cassite king, puts a little prayer on a votive offering. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
During the reign of the Cassite dynasty, however, the worship of Ramman appears to have gained a stronger foothold. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Names with similar element (besides Pilikam) are Belaku of the Hammurabi period, Bilakku of the Cassite period, etc. From Wordnik.com. [An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic] Reference
We may therefore embrace the period of Hammurabi and his successors, down through the rule of the Cassite kings, under one head. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Ninib, and of Nusku, though with the exception of the first named, the worship of these gods has not been traced back further than the days of the Cassite dynasty. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
From the inscriptions of his successors we are permitted to add the following: Nin-khar-sag, Nergal, and Lugal-mit-tu, furnished by Samsu-iluna; Shukamuna, by Agumkakrimi; and passing down to the period of the Cassite dynasty, we have in addition Nin-dim-su. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
We may divide this long period from Hammurabi down to the time that the governors of Babylonia became mere puppets of the Assyrian rulers into three sections: (1) Hammurabi and his successors, (2) the Cassite dynasty, (3) the restoration of native rulers to the throne. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Cassite against Cassite. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Bel in Hammurabi's pantheon, 145-6, 162; in Cassite period, 146; temple at Dur-Kurigalzu, 146; in the Assyrian pantheon, 146-7, 225-6; in the neo-Bab. pantheon, 147; epithets, 146, 222, 225, 227, 274; relationship to the other members of the triad, 147, 226. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Marduk and Ea in incantation texts, 139-40; conquers Tiâmat, 140, 197, 408, 422; rivaled by Ramman, 158; during the Cassite period, 162; called Sag-ila, 169; lord of Anunnaki and Igigi, 186, 239; absorbs the rôle of other gods, 190, 409; builds Eshara, 198; blended with Bel, 54, 145-6, 148, 222, 542. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Ramman -- as a solar deity representing some particular phase of the sun that escapes us and as a storm-god -- still peers through the inscription above noted from the Cassite period where Ramman is called 'the lord of justice,' -- an attribute peculiar to the sun-god; but in Assyria his rôle as the thunder-and storm-god overshadows any other attributes that he may have had. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
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