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  • Associated with Marduk was his consort Sarpanit, and grouped around the pair as princes around a throne were the chief deities of the older centres, like Ea and Damkina of Eridu, Nebo and Tashmit of Borsippa, Nergal and Allatu of Kutha, Shamash and [= A] of Sippar, Sin and Ningal of Ur, as well as pairs like Ramman (or Adad) and Shala whose central seat is unknown to us.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

  • Bau, Ishtar, or Tashmit, because the goddess was anciently believed to be the First Cause, the creatrix, the mighty one who invested the ruling god with the powers he possessed -- the god who held sway because he was her husband, as did Nergal as the husband of Eresh-ki-gal, queen of Hades.

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

  • Tashmit, whose name signifies "Obedience", according to Jastrow, or

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

  • Tashmit has no shrine or temple, so far as known, either in Borsippa or in any of the places whither the Nabu cult spread.

    The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

  • The form Anat (without the ending) is used by many scholars, as Sarpanit and Tashmit are used instead of Sarpanitum and Tashmitum.

    The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

  • _quasi_-artificial character and origin of Tashmit finds support in the manner in which the mention of her name is entwined with that of Nabu.

    The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

  • _ p. 126, apparently identifies Innanna of Hallabi with Tashmit, but, so far as I can see, without sufficient reason.

    The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

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