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see the same, lines 17 and 18. Gigani is, perhaps, for gigiani, the redupli- 

 cate root gi, ' to return,' with the termination am, the phonetic repro- 

 duction of the ending elsewhere written a-an. 



23. Mi, 'night, dark.' Ki el, 'place pure,' or, perhaps, as in the 

 translation, place of purification. Isidinamen I have regarded as a verbal 

 root with the termination of the 2nd person singular -en, as in Col. IV., line 

 18, the rendering ' to make brilliant ' having been chosen on account of 

 babariden, which seems to be for babbariden, and, therefore, probably, from 

 barbar, * to be bright.' Both, however, are exceedingly long for Sumerian 

 verbs, and the renderings indicated must be regarded as extremely doubtful. 

 As isi may mean ' weeping, ' it is possible that mi isi dinamen means ' thou 

 hast sent away (din iox gin = sapdru), the night of weeping,' and the follow- 

 ing word might also be explained as babari dien or den, ' bright one, thou 

 comest.' 



24. Snbada7)ien in this line is an equally difficult word, and may also 

 really be two. 



25. Mimma-vni niidumen may also be read viinivia mnmcdumen and 

 vmnma ?nz(?ttc dutnen — probably the latter, as mutiudunien would be alto- 

 gether too long. Mtmu would regularly be the dialectic form of the common 

 word^zm, 'profit, gain, tribute.' The reading of the printed transcription, 

 however, seems to be the best. 



26. A is the exclamation corresponding with ' ah,' and is parallel with 

 tia in the second half of the line, which corresponds with 'woe, alas.' 

 Idib is rendered by the Semitic qubil, ' word, cry.' Sulagine is a word 

 which presents considerable difficulty, and the rendering given is little better 

 Ihan a guess. Perhaps the true reading is : 



A idib sula gine — tea nu?tti viadti 



'Ah,' the voice of the hero returns — 'Alas,' the prince replies. 



Gine would be from gi, ' to return,' nunu, * great one, prince,' and madu 

 from du, 'to bring back,' though 'reply' is a sense not elsewhere found 

 for this root. Stila is a dialectic word with a somewhat loftier meaning 

 than the Latin 'vir.' Naturally, if this rendering be in any way correct, 

 that of the preceding lines is wide of the mark. 



27. Kurku7'ra is restored from the traces and from line 29. For 

 dirismnen, compare Col. II., lines 11 — 13. The ending -men or -amen 

 contains that of the 2nd person singular. 



28. The restoration niutna may be regarded as practically certain. For 

 zara, see Col. I., line 31. Gana would seem to be the same word as in line 

 14 of Col. II., not used, however, as an exclamation. li zara means 

 ' barrier,' then ' crossing,' or something similar, ought to be the signification 

 of gana. Whether the terminal a of inia has the force of a postposition 

 or not is uncertain, but the meaning of the word seems to be as rendered. 



