152 THEO. Q. PINCHES, ESQ., NOTES UPON SOME OP THE 



Remarks. 

 It is to be noted that the reading of many of the names is 

 uncertain, especially when one of the component parts is the 

 name of a god. The following Semitic readings may there- 

 fore be substituted for some of them : — 



Arad-Samas for Uru-Utu 



Samas-semi for Utuki-semi 



Samas-idinnam for Utuki-idinnam 



Namiaru-kali-semi for Nannar-me-gis 



Sili-Istar for Sili-Innanna 



lli-pususi for lli-lag 



Nannaru-manzaz-pani for Nannar-igi-guba. 



In line 19 the substitution of Sin-mubalit for Sin-yatum 

 would seem to imply that the former was brother of the 

 latter, and had taken his place as witness when the envelope 

 was inscribed. 



For the sake of completeness I transcribe here such 

 inscriptions of the seal-impressions as can be read easily : — 



Na-bi-Bel 



du Ni-di-it-tum 



ura Meri u En-ki 



Nabi-Bel 



son of Nidittu™ 



servant of Meri* and Enhi] 



I-li-i-ki-sa-am Ili-ikisam 



du Na-ra-am-Addi son of Nardm-Addi 



ura Meri servant of Meri* 



In Semitic these would be Nabi-Bel, mar Nidittu m , arad 

 Addi u Ai, and Ili-ikisam, mar Nardm-Addi, arad Addi, 

 respectively. 



* Meri is the Akkadian name of the god -whom the Assyrians and 

 Babylonians called Addu (Hadad) and Eammanu (Eimmon). 

 t More generally called £a (Hea), better Ae (Oannes). 



