THEO, G, PINCHES^ ESQ.^ ON 



(He called him), fifthly, Tu-azaga (i.e., ' the glorious 



iucantation') — 

 May he bring his glorious iucantation to their mouth — 

 He who^ by his glorious incantation, has removed their 



affliction — 

 Sa-zu, 'knowiug the heart' of the gods who raised 



rebellion, 

 Doing evil things, he let (them) not go forth Avith him. 



As he tirelessly thwarted Kirbis-tiawat, 



Let his name be Nibiru, the seizer of Kirbis-tiawat. 



May he restrain the paths of the stars of heaven. 



Like sheep let him pasture the gods, all of them. 



]\Iay he imprison the sea {tiawat), may he remove and 



store up its treasure, 

 For the men to come, in days advanced. 

 May he hear and not reveal, may be bring (back) at a 



future time. 

 As he has made heaven* and appointed the firm (ground). 

 Father Bel called his name ' lord of the lands ' — 

 An expression (that) the Igigi pronounce (as) their oatli(?). 

 Ea also heard, (and) in his heartf he was glad. 

 And with his word, he made gloriousjiis (Merodach's) fame: 

 ' He is like me, so let his name be Ea — 

 Let him effect the performance of all my commands, 

 Let him, even him, bring to pass all my wishes.' 

 By the record of the 50 great gods. 

 His 50 names he proclaimed and he caused to be added : 



' His path 

 May he take and may he show himself (to be) the first — 

 Wise and learned, may he take counsel . . . 

 May the father repeat (it) and the son accept (it),t 

 May he open the ears of the Lord and the Ruler, 

 That he may rejoice over the lord of the gods, Merodach ; 

 That his land may prosper and he himself have peace. 

 Faithful is his Avord, his command changeth not — 

 What goetli forth from his mouth no god altereth." 



* Lit. : "the place," as7'u, explained as being equivalent to sanii), 

 " heaven," in the commentary, W.A.I. V., pi. 21, line 55 cd. 



t Lit. : "liver." 



J fia, the speaker, was the father of Merodach, so that these words 

 are equivalent to a promise to aid him with his counsels, and express the 

 ho])e that Merodach woidd accept ':he advice tendered. 



