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Lutz, Viticulture aud Brewing. 



Emur-ilishu, whom the king my lord has raised to (the rank 

 of) body-guard these three men are drunkards. As soon 

 as they are inebriated, none turns away the iron dagger from 

 him, who is in front of it. The information, which I know, 

 I write unto the king my lord. The king my lord may do 

 as he pleases" 1. For a drinking scene in a fortress see the 

 second tent from the left in the middle row of Illustration 

 No. 26. In the right compartment we notice the army-brewer 

 and a huge beer- vessel. In the third tablet of the Babylonian 



No. 26. Interior of a fortress (after Klio^ VI, p. 396). 



creation series Anshar speaks unto Gaga, his minister: '"Let 

 the gods, all of them, prepare for a feast, let them sit at a 



i) A-na sarri be-li-ia (2) ardu-ka m.Bel-ikiSa (3) Nabu Marduk a-na 

 Sarri beli-ia (4) lik-ru-bu (5) ardani sa btt beli-ia (6) Li Sarru be-Ii u-mu 

 (7) an-ni-ii d-par-ri-su-u-ni (8) m.Tab-zu-a-a mar rn.Bel-harrani-ah-usur (9) Sa 

 a-na amelurab ki-sir-u-tu (lo) Sarru be-li u-2e-lu-u-ni (11) m-Nabu-sa-kip Sa 

 ana amdluHI rakbe (12) ka-a-ma-nu-tu (13) iarru be-li il-se-lu-u-ni (Rev. i) 

 m.Emur-ili-Su (2) Sa ana amelumutir-pute (3) Sarru belu ii-e-lu-u-ni (4) III an- 

 nu-tu sabe (5) Sa-ak-ra-nu-tu su-nu (6) ki-ma i-Sak-ki-ru (7) amelu patra par- 

 zilli (8) ultu pa-an me-hi-ri-Su (9) la u-sa-ah-ra (10) a-bu-tu Sa il-du-it-ni 

 (11) a-na Sarri be-li-ia (12) as-sa-pa-ra (13) Sarru be-li (14) ki-i Sa i-la-u-ni 

 li-pu-uS. 



