278 BARTON— NEW BABYLONIAN ACCOUNT 



3. nam-lit-ge 



4 ba en-tu-ge 



5. a-a 'hii-li! 



6. du-azag-ga sid-da dingir 



7. du-azag-ga lag-ga-a dingir-nia-da-ra ab-u\ru 



8. ^en-tu ^en-lil-bi du-azag-ga-ra ne 



9. du ^czinu-bi dii-azag-ta im-ma-da-r[a-ru. . . . 



10. sanabi-e amas-a im-ma-ab-gab- 



11. u-bi e-gar-ra-ra mu-un-a-ba-e-ne 



12. ^ezinn gan-c viu-nn-itni-am-ne 



13. lil-ap in uras-Iag-bi nm-uii-a-ba-c-ne 



14. sanabi amas-a-na gub-ba-ni 



15. sib-amas-a yi-li dit-du-a 



16. gi-li-es nam-na-gub-ba-ni 



17. du-el'-azag-ga^^ gi-li-il sub-am 



18. ga-ni-ta sag-gi-il iiia-iii 



19. ib-gdl an-na-ta tum-tum-a-ne 



20. dit 'h-zinn-bi gat-tii si-sc-c-cs 



21. uru-azag-na ib-gdl mu-da-an-gdl-li-es 



22. kalam-ma-gi-sag'^'^-gdl mn-gub an-gdl-li-es 



23. seq-es e-ka-sig im-sd-sd-e-ne 



24. gisgal-ma kalam-ma-ne gar mu-ni-ab-riig-rug kal-nie 



25. .1-12 kalam-ma ne-gig mu-un-ne-gdl nics 



26. ab-a-tum-ra da-ki us-ir a-gat-me 



27. u-mu-tm mu-ne-es-ib-gdl viu-da-an-gdl-li-cs 



28. man-jia gu-ne za^^-ki dam-ne nc-ba-an-gub-cs-a. 



29. gig-bi-ir^^ bar-a-gar dag-mc-cs 



30. Ix sti-sii l.v. 



The tablet on which this text is written is five inches long and 

 2 and 5^ inches wide. The script is of the mixed cursive variety that 

 was often employed in the time of the first dynasty of Babylon 

 (2210-1924 B. C.) and the Cassite dynasty (1775-1150B. C). It is 

 impossible from the palaeography to date the tablet definitely. It is 

 certainly older than 1200 B. C. and may have been written before 

 the year 2000 B. C. 



10 dti-cl-azag-ga is doubtless a variant spelling of du-azag-ga. The sign 

 el introduces an additional word for brightness, thus emphasizing azag. 



11 kalam-ma-gi-sag-gal, literally, " the land reeds are in the midst," a very 

 appropriate name for Babylonia. 



12 The sign transcribed x is 241 in the " Origin of Babylonian Writing." 

 It has the meaning " favor." I have rendered it somewhat freely " prosperity." 



13 -a := n);k"/2<, "Origin of Babylonian Writing," 523 and Dehtzsch, Sumer- 

 isches Glossar, p. 218. 



^* gig-bi-ir, literally "in their night." 



