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No. 284, Nepiriuriv. This is a remarkable word (see 
No. 219, Naapi). Nap, for “ deity,” is common to Akkadian, 
Medic, and Susian, and occurs apparently in the genitive as 
napir, “divine,” at Malamir, as also in Susian napiruri, 
“divine.” Taking the final vu to be the Turkic wi, “abode,” 
as in Altaic (Akkadian H, Susian wa) we find that the word 
means “ divine abode.” 
No. 286, Atatama. The first element as before, Nos. 226, 
228. Tama isa word still much in use in Central Asia, mean- 
ing a covered building. It applies to the bazaars of Tashkent, 
for instance. It seems to be Aryan as well as Turkic and 
connected with the Sanskrit dama for “building” (cf. the 
Latin domus). In Akkadian also tami occurs for some kind 
of building. The name Atatama seems therefore to mean 
“chief’s house” or House of Ata,—the Syrian deity,—see 
Nos. 226, 228 and 281 (Aat liten). 
No. 296, Papab... This is a curious, mutilated name, 
evidently not Semitic. Ab means “abode” (see No. 212). 
Pap is the familiar “ papa,”’ which in Turkish means a father, 
but which was the name of a deity. The Phrygians wor- 
shipped Papa, the Scythians called Jupiter Papzeus, the 
Etruscans had a god called Puphluns (lwns meaning “ god’), 
and the name of the Akkadian deity, Pap Sukal, is per- 
haps connected, as is possibly the Cyprian Paphos. Papab 
would then mean “abode of the father god.” Compare 
No. 253, Papaa, “house of Papa” (Akkadian and Medic H, 
house’). 
No. 311, Khalbu (Aleppo). The first part may mean either 
‘* city,” as in the Medic and Susian khal, or “ great”? (Akka- 
dian gal, Susian khal, Turkish jalin). Bu would seem to 
mean a lake or swamp, or may simply mean “ high,” “ great,”’ 
as in Turkic. The neighbourhood of Aleppo, especially to 
the west, is remarkable for its lakes and marshes. 
No. 312, Piawner. This is a strange word, perhaps to be 
compared with the Turkic pinar for a ‘ spring.” 
No. 318, Aaripenekha or Aalipenekha. This may be Semitic, 
** city of the Phcenicians.”? The word Fenekh, for the Pho- 
nicians, which occurs in Egyptian texts, does not, however, 
appear to be itself Semitic, and is perhaps to be regarded as 
coming from the Turanian root pin, “to settle,’ with the 
personal affix kh, the Fenekh being the “ settlers.” ‘Taken as 
Turanian, Aaripenekha still means Phoenician city, the first 
word (eri or urw in Akkadian) being of Turanian origin, and 
the second having the adjective ending in a. 
No, 347, Tamakur, Perhaps “mountain of the building,” 
