179 

 ANALYSIS. 



Column I. 



2. riibdv, subs. sing. masc. Comp. Heb. 11, Syr. ^'j 



nddav, adj. sing. Comp. Heb. Tin 



migir, subs. sing. masc. cons. Comp. Heb. "^iH and *^i^ 

 to fear. 



3. issdkku, subs, sing, masc. 



nardm, Niphal deriv. with softened guttural. Comp. 

 Heb. Dm 



4. Sdccanacu, 1st sing. Permansive acu is a shortened form 



from anacu (Heb. ''DDSl^.^ A whole string of verbs of 

 similar formation occurs in W.A.I., I. 17, 32, thus: — 



fc^T>--| ^CTT Y^y har-ra-cu I am king 



^ *"^y ][^Y hi-la-cu I am lord 



>"^y ■^*^T ^11 I^y na-ah-da-cu I am noble 



>-^JJ ][^y makh-khu I am great 



Y<T<y <yyy ypy cah-ta-cu I am honourable 



»-^ B^yy tK ]^ sur-ra-kha-cu lammighty (Heb. niD) 



yy ^ *"yyi ^ly I^y asa-ri-da-cu I am eldest (the chiefest) 



]J*^y Y *~^y I^ 7ir-sa-na-c7i I am prince. 



^U^ ^^yy >^II I^y kar-ra-da-cu I am waniorlike 



^yyi ^'^'^y I^ dan-na-cu I am strong 



"^yy*-^ *~^I^ ^^yy l^ zi-ca-ra-cu I am renowned 



Dr. Delitzsch, however, would prefer to read sdccanacu as 

 sdk kanaci, "prince of the gate," and refers to W.A.I., 

 IV. 16, 58, where the Akkadian izl ^^l is equated 



with the Assyrian fry >-t]^ ""^23 ^I@[ ^-^' <^^^-""-^*'- 

 But on both cones the last sign is cu not ci. 



' See Sayce, Assyrian Lectures, p. 93. (Bagster & Co.) 



