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of a new divine statue, mentions
Kusibanda among the deities for whom offering tables should be set up during the ceremony. At one point, the formula "I did not make (the statue), (I swear) I did not make (it), , Kusibanda, who is Ea the god of the goldsmith made it" had to be recited as well. A
189:. There is nonetheless evidence that he could be associated with the latter god, and in some cases he was outright equated with him. True to his character, he was specifically referred to as "Ea of the goldsmith". An incantation recited during temple renovations,
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festival as one of the deities possibly worshiped in the BÄ«t RÄĆĄ complex. He received offerings on the morning of its seventh day alongside
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is a common reading of the first two signs, the modern consensus might be incorrect. Lambert's position is also supported by Frank Simons.
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in an inscription commemorating the renovating of the temple
Ebabbar and the preparation of a new crown for the god it was dedicated to,
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regarded as the tutelary deity of goldsmiths and silversmiths. He was commonly grouped with other deities of similar character, such as
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and other similar figures. He appears particularly often alongside the first of these deities, who was a divine
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