Cassite

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.

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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,

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Cassite land, 'before that of Akkad and Babylon, opens his inscription with the declaration that he is the glorious offspring of Shukamuna, fixes the character of this god beyond all doubt; and Delitzsch has shown [199] that this god was regarded by the Babylonian schoolmen as the equivalent of their own Nergal.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

All these gods and goddesses are found in the texts from the first and third section of the period, and the absence of some of them from texts of the second section is simply due to the smaller amount of material that we have for the history of the Cassite dynasty in Babylonia.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

We may therefore embrace the period of Hammurabi and his successors, down through the rule of the Cassite kings, under one head.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Shukamuna, accordingly, was the Cassite god of war, who, like Nergal, symbolized the mid-day sun, -- that is, the raging and destructive power.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

During the reign of the Cassite dynasty, however, the worship of Ramman appears to have gained a stronger foothold.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

From Naram-Sin, ruler of Agade, on through the period of Cassite rule, the kings of

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

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.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

As a Cassitic ruler, he assigns the first place to the chief Cassite deity, Shukamuna,

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891