It seems to me that the addition which emphasizes this identity of Bel with another god, Dagan, is to indicate that the Bel of the triad, and not Bel-Marduk, is here meant.

Somewhat in the same way Tiglathpileser I.( Rawlinson, i.

14, vi.

87) distinguishes the older Bel by calling him 'Bel latura,' _i.e._, 'Bel the older.' [152] 'Governor of Bel' for governor of Babylonia, and 'subjects of Bel' for subjects of Babylonia.
[153] See p.

89 and chapter vii.
[154] Occasionally a king (so _e.g._ Nabubaliddin, _c._ 883 B.C.) associates Anu with Ea, and omits Bel (Rawlinson, v.