The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . tkhu of Khissapa, Sutkhti of Sarsu, Sutkhu of Salpina. The goddesses in their eyes also became Astartes, and this one fact suggests that these deities were, like their Phoenician and Canaanite sisters, of a double nature^—in one aspect chaste, fierce, and warlike, and in another lascivious and pacific. One god was called Mauru, another Targu, others Qaui and Khepa.^ Tishubu, the Kamman of the Assyrians, was doubtless lord of the tempest and of the atmosphere; Shausbe answered to Shala and to Ishtar the queen of love; ^ but we are freque
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . tkhu of Khissapa, Sutkhti of Sarsu, Sutkhu of Salpina. The goddesses in their eyes also became Astartes, and this one fact suggests that these deities were, like their Phoenician and Canaanite sisters, of a double nature^—in one aspect chaste, fierce, and warlike, and in another lascivious and pacific. One god was called Mauru, another Targu, others Qaui and Khepa.^ Tishubu, the Kamman of the Assyrians, was doubtless lord of the tempest and of the atmosphere; Shausbe answered to Shala and to Ishtar the queen of love; ^ but we are frequently in ignorance as to the attributes covered by each of these divine names, and as to the forms with which they were invested. The majority of them, both male and female, were of gigantic stature, and were arrayed in the vesture of earthly kings and queens : they brandished their arms, displayed the insignia A IHTTITE KIXG. of their authority, such as a flower or bunch of grapes, and while receiving the offerings of the people were seated on a chair. TUe names Mauru and Qaui are deduced from the forms Maurusaru and Qauisaru, which wereborne by the Khati (E. de Rocge, Legons, in the Melanges dArch^oIogie ^tjyptienne et Assyrienne,vol. ii. pp. 27-1, 275): Qaui was probably the eponymous hero of the Qui people, as Khati was of theKhati. Tarku and Tisubu appear to me to be contained in the names Targauunasa, Targazatas, andTartisubu (E. de Eovge, 11. p. 275); Tisubu is probably the Tes^upas mentioned in the letter fromDushratta written in Mitannian (Satce, llie Language of Ike Milanni. in the Zeitschri/t fiir Assi/rio-logie, Tol. V. pp. 209, 27il; of. , Vorsiudien zur Entzifferniig des ilUanni, in the Zeitschri/t fiirAssyriologie, vol. vi. pp. 59, 60, 65, 66, 68), and identical with the Tushupu of another letter from thesame king (BEZOLD-EnDGE, Tell el-Amarna Tablets, No. S, p. 18, 2, II. 15, 75; cf. Zimmern, Briefe ausdem Funde in El-Amarna, in the Zeitschrift fiir Assy
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