[Here follows a description of the ornamentation of the palace.] A strong fort of brick and mortar in strength I constructed.

Inside the brick fortification another great fortification of long stones, of the size of great mountains, I made.
Like Shedim I raised up its head.

And this building I raised for a wonder; for the defence of the people I constructed it." B.

ON THE MEANINGS OF BABYLONIAN NAMES.
The names of the Babylonians, like those of the Assyrians, were significant.

Generally, if not always, they were composed of at least two elements.