BABYLONIAN LITERATURE. 47 



freely admit, with Dr. Chwolson, that the 

 passage where they are mentioned is an in- 

 terpolation of Ibn "Wahshiya. 1 But, if their 

 name does not appear in the work of Kuthami, 

 it is impossible not to perceive their influ- 

 ence. Can it be doubted after haying read 

 the passage which is here given : 2 Jjli Jli ^li 



lX ,%&*ai $ *3li ijUl^lj ifA) jcJb Ljj ..~Jltw£j] ...1 



Previous to these words, the text treats of 

 a puerile contest as to the name of a certain 

 plant, as to which the Assyrians of the 

 North and the Chaldaeans or Babylonians 

 were not agreed ; the author, always full of 



1 Page 43, note. 2 Page 44, note. 



