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Ubalat or Upalit. As I shall yet show Peleth to be the same as 

 Hippolytus and Ephialtes, and the eponym of Japhleti in. Palestine, the 

 initial u, a mere rendering of an adventitious Hebrew yod, need not 

 form an obstacle in the way of the identification. The synchronous 

 history of Assyria and Babylonia informs us that a daiighter of 

 Ubalat, named Muballidat Serua, was married by Bui-na-buryas or 

 Kurigalzu his son, kings of Babylonia, and that she had a son, 

 Karahardas, who was killed by the Kassi.-'"^ Many things lead me 

 to identify Burna-buryas and his son Kurigalzu with Harum and 

 his son Acharchel, although I carniot accoimt for the second part of 

 the name of the former Babylonian, nor find that relation to the 

 Onam line in the person of Ahban or Aubn-ra, which would justify 

 the connection. I have already stated my belief that Armannu, the 

 tutelar god of Susa, is Harum.^"^ Burna-buryas and his son are 

 Susian, while the god Nergal, who is most closely linked with Abn-ra 

 and the Anu line, and whose relations seem to be with the same 

 region, is unmistakably Acharchel. It is hard, however, to under- 

 stand why remains of Abn or Aubn-ra should be found in Nineveh, 

 while his son and grandson leave their traces in Babylonia, or how 

 the two latter came to occupy so important a place in" the Egyptian 

 arnials. Whatever be the value of the last-named connections, which 

 I think the sequel will shew that I have not made without some 

 good reasons, no one can doubt the advantages of a system, even in 

 part erroneous, over the present chaos of ancient history. The 

 following table presents the probable equivalents in the mythology 

 and history of Assyria and Babylonia for the Onites of the Bible 

 record : — 



Urukli, Urhamrrui or Orcliamus=Islitar?= 



Anu, Oannes or Ninus. 



Aos or ^ea=Dauke. Shamas or Zames. Odacon, Dagon or Thutas. 



I Xisuthrus, I 



Anodaplius. Zira, Kura or Thurras. daughter. = Annedotus or 



I I Anu-duma. 



Givan, Eakupan or Aubn-ra. Asshur— -Ubalat. 



Armannu or Burna-buryas = Muballidat Serua. 



Nergal or Kurigalzu. 



Ill The Synchronous History of Assyria and Babylonia, by the Rev. A. H. Sayee, M.A., 

 Transactions of the Society of -Biblical Archasology, Vol. ii. Part 1. 

 1*^ Canadian Journal, Vol. si v. No. 2, p. 227. 



