"Zarpanit" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... lingered on into very late Babylonian times, when we have some very full forms. If anyone shall change or alter the agreement, "may Marduk and Zarpanit decree his destruction."(148) In Persian times we find a curse on the same breach of faith in the terms, "whosoever shall attempt to alter this agreement, may Anu, Bel, and Ea curse him with a bitter curse, ...
— Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters • C. H. W. Johns
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... the Foundation of Heaven and Earth), 90 metres high according to Hommel's calculation of the measurements in the tablet; while on the west side was the temple proper of Merodach and his wife Sarpanit or Zarpanit, as well as chapels of Anu, Ea and Bel on either side of it. A winding ascent led to the summit of the tower, where there was a chapel, containing, according to Herodotus, a couch and golden table (for the showbread) but no image. ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 - "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" • Various
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