28 Pinches, Hymns to Tatnmuz in the Manchester Museum. 



meaning likewise with the pronunciation of wz'w, in which case minima 

 would signify something like ' crop, harvest.' Mu is the possessive pronoun 

 of the 1st person singular. Meden. Possibly the root ;«ir(^= non-dialectic 

 gid, 'to draw, bring,' and also, seemingly, 'to yield up,' Semitic sadddu. 

 En is a common verbal suffix expressing the 2nd person of the singular.* 

 Nulls. From the termination -is, this should be an adverbial form, in which 

 case the root would be iiuli. The sense required by the rendering adopted 

 is 'plentifully,' or something similar, and if the inscription was written under 

 Semitic influence, the value of la for nu might be suggested, and would be 

 justified by two passages in Briinnow's Classified List. Lalis, from lal, 

 'plentiful,' which this would give, expresses the idea which seems to be 

 needed. Perhaps, however, mills is written for lulls, in accordance with a 

 phonetic rule of the language, and in that case we should have simply a 

 variant form. 



19. The first se is apparently the root corresponding with the Semitic semtl 

 ' to hear.' Si in line 1 1 is a variant of this. The second se is the word for 

 'grain.' 



20. For i, see the note to line 15. 



21. Si-ki is here written for si-sa, as is proved by line 13. 



22. U is the usual word for ' and,' often transcribed sa. Ama-mu, 'my 

 mother,' unless the viu be the prefix to pada, in which case the translation 

 would be ' and the mother invoketh.' 



23. Niii, 'lady,' also 'sister.' Mu in all probability originally existed 

 after ama, so that '[my] mother' may be regarded as a better rendering. 



25. Ud-dais explained by summa, 'when,' literally, 'on the day.' 



The division-line between lines 25 and 26 has been omitted in the 

 copy by mistake. 



26. For the completion of this line, see lines 9 and 22 of Column V. 



29. Sis is the usual word for ' brother. ' 



30. For mut\7id\ 'husband,' see Col. I., line 10. 



Column V. 



3. Za is a variant of zu, ' thy.' 



4. Gi, 'reed,' probably stands also for 'sceptre.' Ag-egi is possibly 

 composed ol ag, 'he who,' and egi, which, as shown in the note to Col. IV., 

 line 30, probably means 'prince.' Gi ag-egi would therefore mean 'the 

 sceptre of him who is prince.' Abba, in its commonest acceptance, means 

 'grey-haired old man,' Semitic sSbu. Hia is also a common expression, the 

 rendering of which, ' let it be,' hardly admits of doubt. 



5. For mimma, see Col. IV., line 17. Banda is a word of somewhat 

 doubtful signification, but there seems to be no doubt that it contains an 



•Compare Col. V., line 8. 



