RErEKKING TO BABYLONIA AND ELAM, ETC. 77 



2'd. The last word is probably ^i^ jf^ ]^ -^^ ^y, 

 iiinippus. 



'24. ^J\T^ *^y ^n_ Avould seem to be a variaut, for the 

 Assyr. '^yH^ "ilT^-TT, -^'r-ra = Mii, W.A.I. II., 21, 4(5e. 

 '^TTI^ "" ^H ii' 1- -'^ seems to be also a variant of this 

 group. 



27. ■j|*^V' is apjjarently not equivalent to amtu, "female 

 servant," but to -^ ^^ sal-laf, •' spoil." 



Reverse. 



This is very mutilated indeed, in fact, remains only of 

 about 18 lines (including the colophon) exist, and profitable 

 commentary upon these is impossible. All that may be 

 said with safety is, that it probably gave a continuation of 

 the historical narrative of the obverse. 



8^ 158 -f S". 11, l)ti2. (pp. 57ff.J 



Obverse. 



1-5. Prof. Sayce suggests that these lines should be com- 

 pleted in accordance with the rev. lines 33-36 : [The Elamite 



destroyed | its pa[lace, he subdued the princes (and) 



with the sword, he carried oif the spoil of] the temple(s), [all 

 of them, he took their goods, and carried them offl (to) 

 Elam." 



4. Here, possibly, we have to complete : " [The enemy, 

 the Elamite, took] its goods." 



5. Prot. Sayce suggests the completion : " [he made 

 pale] their faces, as in line 15 of the reverse. 



7. The difference between ^ and ty is not observed by 

 the scribe. In imika, we must, of course, read the latter. 



8. For <[^, nis, we ought, perhaps, to read ^<^^, es, making 

 the word gisgalles. The adverbial -es or -is, in this text, 

 is frequently used to express "in," "to," or "from" like 

 Dd-mahis (1. 9), nakahhis (rev., 1. 12), samainis (rev., 13), 

 Sumeris (rev.. 1. 20), Meskis (rev., 1. 32). 



11. Prof. Sayce suggests that ^=^ *^T_ J^, mdra, 

 ''children," here refers to the soldiers. They are, in fact 

 called kurade, "warriors." in the next line. 



