The ethical import of such a conception is manifestly great, and traces of it are to be found in the religious productions.

It impressed upon the Babylonians the common bond uniting all mankind.

The cult of Ea must have engendered humane feelings, softening the rivalry existing among the ancient centers of Babylonian power, and leading the people a considerable distance, on the road to the conception of a common humanity.

When the gods decide to destroy mankind, it is Ea who intercedes on behalf of humanity; when the demon of disease has entered a human body, it is to Ea that, in the last resort, the appeal is made to free the sufferer from his pain.

Ea is the god of the physicians.