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Eres-d-gala, * the Lady of the Great House,' is 

 apparently another name of the goddess Allat (Perse- 

 phone) who, as Queen of the Underworld, is generally 

 called Eres-ki-gala, ' the Lady of the Great Region,' and 

 both names are evidently synonymous. 



Column IIL 



Praises of Tammuz, and exhortations to save himself from 

 the enemy. 



3. 



4. To us 



5. Thine eye 



6. Thine heart, man 



7. The evil heart hath hath .... 



8. Tammuz approacheth pure is he who 



9. He hath seen it, he knoweth 



10. Pure is the man, (his) mother is goddess of all, to the 



glorious place of the lord may he arise ;* 



11. The great house rejoiceth at the voice of him who is 



great. 



12. He who is great and powerful calleth, in darkness 



invoking light. 



13. Tammuz, thy domain is the delight of Igtar. 



14. Thy limbs are active and strong. 



1 5 . Beautiful is the chant of Istar and Tammuz, 



16. The enemy, the enemy rageth. 



17. Lost god, great god, the enemy rageth. 



18. Lost one, god of the domain,t the enemy rageth. 



19. Lost one, Tumu-giba,f the enemy rageth. 



* Or, " Glorious is he (whose) mother is goddess of all — to the glorious 

 place may the lord (i.e., Tammuz) arise." 



t Lit., " the place," probably meaning the earth. 



+ " Son of the flute." This instrument was played when Tammuz came 

 forth from the underworld, as we learn from the "Descent of Istar into 

 Hades." 



