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NOTES. 



Column I. 



Line 9. — Subat dhuh libhi sn, " the seat the joy of his heart." For the 

 use of dhub in this sense compare the Hebrew expressions 21t3 — 3371. in 

 1 Sam. XXXV. 36, and ih nTOl n^n?X' in 1 Kings viii. 66, " Joyful and glad 

 of heart.'' Compare also the expression in this inscription, Column III., 16, 

 Mtulhib libbi ha, " rejoicing thy heart." 



Line 11. — Sahmanda, ^^ y \\ iz]<\ This name is first met with in 

 the Assyrian inscriptions applied to Teispes, the Cimmerian who was 

 defeated by Esarhaddon in B .C. 670. It became a general term in the later 

 inscriptions for that mixed body of tribes occupying the land afterwards 

 called Media, composed of the Madai or Medes and Gimirrai or Kimmerians, 

 among whom were the Saki or Scyths and other tribes, of whom, in B.C. 550, 

 Astyages was king until the capture of Ekbatana, here recorded, in B.C. 549. 

 The name is apparently a compound one, derived from zab, the construct 

 case of ZABU, "a host," sometimes used for a soldier; Hebrew ^^^y ; and 

 Manda, " barbarian," which may x>ossibly be akin to the Hebrew n"n3 

 " unclean." 



Line 15. — Sutti, "a dream," for Sunte; Hebrew HJK^ " sleep or dream," 

 as in Psalm xc. 5, " they are as a dream." This word is expressed by the 

 ideograph *-]-^ \ti^ composed of "^f-^ zibidhu, " product" or " offering, 

 and \w^ musu, " night," the dream being the product of the night. 



Line 16. — Ncmnari, " illuminator," for Nanmari, from Namaru, " to be 

 bright." 



Line 17. — Izzizu, for izizii, from \l'^ "to make strong." Kildlan, an 

 abstract form in an, from hallu, " all." 



Line 21. — Palkhis, " reverently " an adverbial form in is, from palakhu, to 

 worship. 



Line 27. — Arad sit zahhari, " his little servant." Compare the expressions 

 in Isaiah xliv. 28, 45. Nabonidus here looks upon Cyrus as working in the 

 cause of Merodach, by overthrowing the barbarians, but in a lower position 

 than himself. 



Line 29. — f ^< ff ^^^y f*- ■J>^-^ Is-tu-vi-gu, Astyages, so also in the 

 Annalistic tablet. For further information see my paper on "Cuneiform 

 Inscriptions and Jewish Captivity." Kamut, " treasure," from hamu, " to 

 cover," "to gather together," npi^ " wealth, that which is collected." 



ime 31. — Kibit, " comxa&wdi," from Icabu, "to speak," la inninnu, "is 

 not changed." Compare the expression in a hymn to Gizdhubar (S. 1371) : 

 dinla ul in-nen-7ii, "thy judgment is not changed." 



