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and only requires the additional letters ena to make it identical with the 

 suffix in this and the following lines. 



4. Dii (which may also be read ara), 'to go, come.' Abzu, 'the 

 abyss,' here written phonetically. Igi, 'eye,' is here used, possibly, for 

 'region,' like igi kuram {Cuneiform Inscriptions of W. Asia, vol. iv., 

 pi. 15, in the tablet K. in, end of Col. I., reverse, — the description of 

 Eridu, the abode of the god Ea and of Tammuz). The full phrase is ki igi 

 kuram, meaning ' it is the place of the eye (that is, the central region) of 

 the land.' 



5. Nana is possibly the reduplicate root 7ia, ' to rest.' 



6. E-nun is here taken to be for a-nun, ' the great water.' Several 

 examples of the weakening of a to ^ occur, especially in words borrowed 

 from Sumerian by the Semitic Babylonians. 



7. .^zz appears to be for a-zida, 'the right hand.' /i^^/ is apparently 

 composed of ib, ' he,' and di^ Semitic kasddu, 'to advance.' Zi. One of 

 the meanings of this root is ' to be bright, to dawn ' {namaru, napahu). 



8. Ki means 'place,' and is used for 'where.' Indagu is probably 

 formed of the prefixes inda, 'he-with,' and ^«^, one of the values of the 

 character ku, ' to dwell,' or short for ^«(5, ' to remain.' Eni is probably a 

 lengthened form of en, ' lord.' 



9. Sala-nien is composed of the character sala, 'woman,' with men, ' I am.' 

 Gu, verbal root, meaning ' to speak.' Saru is apparently the phonetically- 

 written word sara, ' to cry out,' of which sari in the succeeding lines is a 

 variant form. Balagi is the phonetic spelling of a somewhat complicated 

 character of which the pronunciation is given as balag. Its meaning is 

 ' lamentation.' Almena is a rather difficult word. To all appearance a/ is a 

 prefix, here as in other places, giving the force of a participle. The best 

 root to compare is one expressed by another rather complicated character 

 (Briinnow's No. 3514), which is explained by the Semitic zaM, ' to be pure' 

 and ' to set free.' The latter is doubtless the meaning required. 



II, Si is here apparently a variant of the se in line 19, which is explained 

 in the lists by semU, ' to hear.' The meaning seems to fit. 



13. Sisa, ' to direct,' see Col. I., line 12. 



15. /is one of the words rendered by the Semiiic na^ ddu, 'to exalt, 

 praise,' etc. 



17. ¥ox gu, see line 9. Se is the usual word for 'seed,' especially wheat. 

 An-sura. This is apparently the verbal prefix an, with the root sura, one of 

 the meanings of which seems to be ' to come through,' the crack of a door, etc. 

 In fnuna-ila-ta may be seen the verbal prefixes mu-na- (perhaps for mu-na- 

 ab-), with ila, ' to come forth, rise,' etc. Ta is the postposition meaning 

 'from,' here used, as elsewhere, in the sense of 'after.' Lwnmi is apparently 

 a form of lumma (luma) ' to grow,' of plants. Minima. As the character 

 expressing the root sal means ' to be broad,' it probably has a similar 



