Note 253.4 — Chapter XI · NOTES
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Herod. iii. 8. It may be observed, in reference to Herodotus’ identification of Alilat with Urania, that Allatu (? = Alilat) appears to be the more correct transliteration of the name of the Babylonian goddess of the Underworld, given by Smith (Chald. Gen., 230) as Ninkigal. Jeremias, Höllenfahrt, passim.