160 THEO. G. PINCHES, ESQ., NOTES UPON SOME OP THE 



9 [Him]self 

 he has caused to be brought, 



" The son of a prince am I," he has said to her, 



12 " Silver and gold shall till thy lap," 



" Thou shalt be my wife, 

 I will be thy husband," 

 15 he has said to her 



" Like the fruit of a plantation 

 to this (woman) abundance 

 18 I will make abundant to her." 



His own people 



[Many lines lost] 



Column III. 

 [Apparently a ceremony after the wedding.'] 



A leathern .... 

 3 bind thou on, and 



The shoe on their feet 

 place, and 



6 A strap for binding 

 give them, and 



a purse of silver and gold 

 9 in their garment 

 bind, and 



a spot in the desert 

 12 may he point out to thee. 



By the stalk of the thorn- vine 

 cause them to stand, and 



15 Before them at sunset 

 thou shalt stand, and 

 a garment thou shalt put on [and] 



18 (When) the spirit of the great gods 

 has called thee, 

 mayest thou go. 



21 The robe of the god Ea, 



the sutnkkn, .... 



of Marduk, son of Eridu 

 24 thou shalt not [transgress ?] 



