30 Pinches, Hymns to Tammus in the Manchester Museum. 



14. A-zida, 'the right hand.' Ea, 'house.' The character e is 

 doubtful, and the rendering, therefore, uncertain. 



15. E para, literally, 'house of the shrine.' Ga-ria. A form of the 

 precative particle ha, with the verbal root ri, 'to found.' 



16. Magala is an adverb translated by the Semitic /«a' /if//, 'greatly,' 

 and is formed of the root gala, 'great,' with the prefix ma. Gis-gu shows 

 another form of the precative ha, with gu, ' to speak.' Ma is apparently a 

 particle, possibly meaning ' so, then.' Gam-su seems to be formed of the 

 precative prefix ^a:, the pronominal particle am, and su, 'to increase.' 



17. Su, 'increasing,' the root oigamsu axid gasu. E, 'house,' without 

 the lengthening a (see line 14). Ga-su would seem to be the same form 

 as gam-su, but without the infix am. 



18. Sura. Probably the sur (so read instead of zur) of Briinnow's 

 Classified List, Nos. 3708 — 3710 (the last has the phonetic complement ;a, 

 showing that the word was read sura) and the suri-u of Nos. 3712 — 3714. 

 The word stands for a class of priests, here, in consequence of the context, 

 rendered 'sacrificer.' Kinene. The characters kine, ia Briinnow, No. 9690, 

 are indicated as being pronounced gunni and ne, pointing to the alternative 

 pronounciations of gunne and ttene (the second ne in our text being evidently 

 the pronetic complement). As, however, this is a dialectic text, in which 

 the vowel e often takes the place of the ti of standard forms, and is written 

 mainly phonetically, the natural transcription of the characters has been 

 retained. The meaning of the Semitic kinunu (borrowed from Sumerian) is 

 'brazier,' and Delitzsch quotes a passage in which a 'movable brazier,' 

 apparently a censer, is referred to, indicating that something of the kind is 

 intended here. To all appearance the vessel in which the offering was 

 made stands for the offering itself. Bi is here the possessive pronoun. 



19. Aga-tiirtur. Aga, 'that which,' and the reduplicate root tur, 

 'young, small.' Massu, Semitic form massu, seems to mean 'hero, 

 supreme one,' or something similar. 



20. Salla. As one of the meanings of this root is ' to be broad,' 

 'fulness,' or something similar, would seem to be the meaning required 

 here. E-gia is rendered by Mt nakmitum, probably ' house of enclosing, 

 cloister,' Mt teliltzim, 'house of purification,', and bit kil-Atum, 'house of 

 burning,' possibly meaning the place where incense was burnt for the 

 purposes of ceremonial purification, a statement which would agree with the 

 proposed rendering of line 18. Susu is taken to be the reduplicate root su, 

 ' to increase.' 



21. Ig-ba means ' that which is presented,' and may refer to an offering 

 made in the temple. Imma-tia apparently means ' he has received,' from 

 ti, ' to take,' with the pronominal prefixes im-ma, Ta is a postposition 

 with the meaning of 'after,' as in lines 17 — 21 of Col. IV. For mimma. 



