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Chaldean god--Different names--Parent--Wife--Presides at birth and death--Sword as symbol--Assyrian gods--King's temples--Protector--Hymn to Nebo--Borsippa--E-Zida--Great library--Invocations--Titles--Emblems--Stylus--God of Revelations--Nabi, Naypes or prophet--Mr. Chatto's derivation--Early cards in Italy--Planet--Assyrian gods identical with Roman gods--The Moon--The month--Dog star--Sacrifices--Card emblems--Boar--Temples--Cult-- Nebuchadnezzar--All wise--Asshurbanipal--Assyrian invasion--Mingling of cults--Highway of Egypt--Cuneiform inscriptions--Tablets--Texts--Hymn to Nabu--Origin of letters.