Manchester Memoirs^ Vol. xlviii. (1904), No. 35. 13 

 Column V. 



Prayers and Praises to Tanimuz. 



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2. The cry, the cry 



3. And my mother and thy mother . . . 



4. The sceptre of dominion, elder, let it be. 



5. My recompense the recompense of thy (youthful) glory 



let it be. 



6. The glorious place (O) Istar, thy gift(?) let it be. 



7. U-da am, u-da didi, as my recompense 



8. send thou in plenty. 



g. Ah, he returns to the field, he returns to the field.* 



10. The torch,! faithful (and) perfect man, (is) in thy 



dwelling ; 



11. Faithful one, everlasting art thou in thy dwelling ; 



12. Great lord, whatever (there is is) in thy dwelling; 



13. Great is the goddess Mu-til(?) \ in thy dwelling ; 



14. (At) the right of the house(?) in thy dwelling, 



15. Let a shrine be founded in thy dwelling. 



16. My "Greatly" let me then speak — may it increase. 



17. Let me say : " Greatly increasing may the house increase ; 



18. May the sacrificer increase his incense-ofifering ; 



19. May my supreme one increase what is very small ;§ 



20. My fullness is in E-gia, let my growth increase. 



21. After he has received my offering, the reward 



return, return (to me)." 



22. Ah, he returns to the field, he returns to the field.* 



23. Dark is the place of purification, the night thou hast made 



brilliant — thou hast made bright. 



24. The recompense hast thou made glorious, brilliant, and 



bright, 



25. My recompense hast thou not withheld — thou hast made 



it brilliant, thou hast made it bright. 



* Or, possibly, " Ah, the field smells sweet, the field smells sweet." 



t Or " The (? sacred) fire-stick." 



% The dialectic form of gistin, see pp. 20, note * ; 29, 13. 



§ Or " his little ones" — see rev., 1. 10, of the extract on p. 18. 



