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3. y )y I^ I^ ^y, Ku-dHv-lali-maU is defectively written 

 for y ]ty J^ ]^ JtJ J^y. For another way of writing it, see 

 p. 2.S, and the note to S'\ II, 087. 11. 6-7. beloAv. 



4. CJ:y -^«-, (ih-. The translation of this wol"d is a con- 

 jecture, i^'- *^ "^iy? 'tt-ftii-tn, m possibly an old way of 

 writing annftfii. plural masc. of anna, this, agreeing with 

 satvdni. The form with one n occurs in Assur-nasir-apli 

 I, 90. 



li. sr: yi— , ar-mt, is apparently 3rd pers. fern, permansive 

 of ardrii^ •' to bind." 



9- jf^ '^'^. ni-hu. seems to be a byform of the permansive 

 naha, from nahn, '' to proclaim." 



Notes to S^ II, 987. (pp. .^1 flf.;. 



4. ^n ^. sar-tiv". The translation " fame " is a conjecture 

 — the rendering ■' happiness " would also make good sense. 

 The reading .^arta'" is also possible. 



6-7. Prof. Sayce here translates (ana Kudur-laggamal, 

 etc.) '-To Chedorlaomer the King of Elam they answered, 

 'Descend I' thereupon that which seemed good unto them 

 [he performed]."' The reading Kudur-laggamal in Father 

 Scheil's tablets is also given as Jgf s:^ *^ -^ir^y f=yyy^ ^yy*^' 

 Kn-dur-la-oli-ga-mar, agreeing verj^ closely with the y J^ J^y 

 M M ^T' Kxi-dur-lali-ga-mal, of this tablet. For the shorter 

 form, see above. 



8. Kar-Dunias would appear from this to be the district 

 in which the city Babylon was situated, confirming Delitzsoh 

 in Ho lag das Paradies?, p. 134. 



10. iiy h- i''^ apparently for ][]y J^, the character for 

 " dog *' followed by the plural sign. J^y TJ ^y Yy ^y is a 

 doubtful expression, but it would seem, from its connection, 

 to be a '• liouse" where wild animals are kept, bit hah-ha- 

 a-fa'". I regard habbata"' as being the plural of a feminine 

 noun, the singular being possibly habbu or habbatu, and 

 possibly derived from the Akk. Tiy, haba, " hollow place," 

 "den." See the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Societi/, 1894, 

 p. 850. cuneiform text, line 18, (habbu) and 25 (read ArtZ>[/>u]). 

 The ''house of robbers" does not seem to suit the context. 



