EEFERRING TO BABYLONIA AND EL AM, ETC. 79 



29. The form tishat is interesting — it is an imperative 

 like tisah, '■ set "' in the American portion of the British 

 Museum tablet 85-4-30, 48 (see my article upon this text in 

 Hebraica for Oct., 1886, p. 17, 1. 9)' 



33. ^=^ ^^If ^Y */-•> D.P. senu. This word generally 

 means " good," and in this agrees with the Akkadian 

 ideograph expressing it, nicf-a-zi (for ni(j a-zi-da), "he who " 

 or '' that which is right " (lit. " on the right hand "). This 

 rendering, however, clearly fits neither here, nor in line 33 

 of the reverse. We have, therefore, to regard this word as 

 the same as the senu or shm which translates the Akkadian 

 7<y, gab, and is a synonym of biisii (or bisu), " bad.' (See 

 J.R.A.S. for 1894, p. 830). Prof. Sayce translates similarly, 

 " wicked man, ' and suggests the placing of inum, "when." 

 at the beginning of the line {cf. rev. 11. 3, 6, etc.). 



34. JVapaltu'"^ may be from napCilu, or (if / represent a 

 sibilant) from napdhi, napdsu, or napdsu. 



3<j. A\l in this line and aal in 1. 28 are possibly from the 

 same root, and may be connected with the word dlu, '■ city." 

 as " dwelling-place." 



S". 158 + S^ II, 962. (pp. 57 ff.) 

 Reverse. 



Prof Sayce suggests, as an alternative rendering of Invm 

 rcihisu sulum idib[bnb'\, " When he said ' Rabisu. peace ! ' " 



6. The character y "^ are doubtful, but are more pro- 

 bable than any others. La-sasi may be a compound word 

 meaning " Don-pronouncement '" (like Id-subat-su, '' Jiis pseudo- 

 capital " in line 2S). Ahitu'" is the fem. of ahu, " foreign," 

 here used, apparently, like ahita (ace.) in W.A.I. IV., 48, 

 obv. 1. 3, for '' untoward " " contrary " (fate). (See Delitzsch, 

 Handiuorterbuch, p. 41Z>). 



10. Saburil seems to be preferable to aburn. I have 

 regarded the word as possibly a variant of sabrd, '' magician," 

 " seer." Further material is required to find out the true 

 meaning. 



11. >->f- itl<J i*^^^ or, giving the second character its 

 earlier form, >->|- ^C:J<y a^^, D.P. Gul-lum, the god Gullu" 

 or Kullu™, is probably from the Akkadian, and would mean 



