at in Sippar, 641.
_Tiamat_, mythical monster, conquered by Marduk, 140, 197, 408;
fought by Anu, Ea, 197;
synonymous with Apsu, 411;
female principle, 411;
personified chaos, 411, 414;
dominion of T. and Apsu precedes that of the gods, 412;
gods product of the union of T. and Apsu, 413;
mythical monsters product of the union of T. and Apsu, 414;
associates of T., 419;
Ummu-Khubur, epithet of T., 419;
Kingu her consort, 420;
Tiamat epic compared with Zu myth, 543;
comparison with Nergal-Allat fight, 585.
_Tiglathpileser I._, king of Assyria, nomenclature of Bel, 146;
dedicates temple to Anu and Ramman, 154, 159;
as a hunter, 216;
rebuilds temple of Bel at Ashur, 225;
pantheon, 236;
dedicates captured gods, 675.
_Tiglathpileser II._, sacrifices in Babylonia, 664.
_Tigris_, course of, 28-9;
comparison with Euphrates, 30;
in garden of Eden, 2 (_cf._ 506);
one of the four streams forming the confluence of streams, 506 (_cf._
2).
_Tishri_, 7th month, sacred to Shamash, 462 (_cf._ 681, 685);
7th day sacred to Shamash, Malkatu, and Bunene, 685.
_Tombs_, see _Dead_.
_Triad_, the great, Anu, Bel, Ea, 107;
relationship of the members, 147;
product of theology, 147, 149;
development of, 148;
extraneous position, 149;
representative of the three kingdoms, 155;
punish the violator of monuments, 207;
fix the name of the months, 208, 236;
general position in Ass. pantheon, 236;
give victory, 236;
grant rule, 236;
associated with Ashur, Ishtar, and Igigi, and Anunnaki, 236;
in incantations, 273;
associated with fire-god, 279;
in Gudea, 418;
in the cosmology, 418;
ancestors of the triad, 418;
symbolizes the eternal laws of the universe, 432.
_Triad_, second, Sin, Shamash, Ramman, 163;
in incantations, 273.
_Tubal-cain_, biblical father of metal workers, 178.
_Tur-lil-en_, in Nebuchadnezzar's II. pantheon, 242.
_Tychsen, Gerhard_, decipherment of wedge writing, 15.
_Ubshu-kenna_, council chamber of the gods, 423, 629, 687.
_Uddushu-Namir_, a divine servant, created by Ea, 571.
_Ud-zal_ = Nimib, 166.
_Ukhat_, in the Gilgamesh epic, 475, 476 ff.;
parallelism betw. U. and Eve, 511.
_Ukhati_, sacred harlots of Uruk, 475, 531, 660.
_Ul-mash-shi-tum_, in proper names of the 2d Bab. period, 170.
_Ululu_, 6th month, sacred to Ishtar, 462, 684;
sacred to Ashur, 463, 685;
sacred to Ninib, 215, 684;
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