Merodach's column terminated in a lance head, and the head of a lion crowned that of Nergal.
We thus see how Nergal could combine so many seemingly conflicting attributes.
Dibarra was probably a variant of Nergal, in his guise as solar destroyer.
Another god held in peculiar honor by the Babylonians was Nergal.
At each one, Nergal stations one of his companions and passes on to the house of Allatu.
