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the concept of the Abzu (subterranean fresh water) is older but the Apsu-as-named-deity-alongside-Tiamat is Old Babylonian", "SRC_FOSTER_BEFORE_MUSES", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_ASHUR", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "high", "Ashur (the Assyrian state deity) is attested from the Old Assyrian period (contemporaneous with Old Babylonian); his national cult at Assur develops in parallel with Marduk's at Babylon", "SRC_FOSTER_BEFORE_MUSES", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_AYA", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_BASHMU", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_BELET_ILI", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_BELET_SERI", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_DAMKINA", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_ENKIDU", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "high", "Enkidu appears in Old Babylonian Gilgamesh texts (c. 1700 BCE) and in Sumerian precursor poems", "SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_ETANA", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_GILGAMESH", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "high", "Old Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 1700 BCE) is the most developed early version; the Standard Babylonian version (Sin-leqi-unninni, c. 1200 BCE) is the canonical form", "SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_GIRTABLULLU", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_GUGALANNA", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_HUMBABA", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_KINGU", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "high", "Kingu appears as Tiamat's champion in the Enuma Elish tradition, which reaches its canonical form in the Old Babylonian period; his blood is used to create humanity after Marduk's victory", "SRC_FOSTER_BEFORE_MUSES", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_KISHAR", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_KUSARIKKU", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_LAHMU", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_LAMASHTU", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "high", "Lamashtu as a named demoness threatening mothers and infants is attested in Old Babylonian incantation texts; the detailed iconography and ritual against her is Old Babylonian", "SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_MARDUK", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "high", "Marduk's rise as the chief deity of the Babylonian pantheon begins in the Old Babylonian period with the rise of the First Babylonian Dynasty; the Enuma Elish narrative of his victory over Tiamat is an Old Babylonian theological development", "SRC_FOSTER_BEFORE_MUSES", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_MUMMU", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_MUSHHUSHSHU", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "A", "Attested in Old Babylonian literature (Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, the Gilgamesh tradition).", null, "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NABU", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "high", "Nabu (son of Marduk; deity of writing and scribal arts) becomes prominent in the Old Babylonian period alongside Marduk's rise; his city Borsippa is attested as a major cult center from the Old Babylonian period", "SRC_FOSTER_BEFORE_MUSES", "reviewed"], ["ENT_MES_NINGAL", "PER_MES_OLD_BAB", "high", "Ningal's role continues in Old Babylonian liturgy; 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