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and figures which stand for the monkeys or apes occupy the 
sixth,place, it is probable, though not positively certain, that 
the four intervening names also correspond in point of order 
of arrangement. Consequently we have the name of " ox of 
the River Saceya " to stand for the bovine animal, (No. 2) ; 
the Susu, for the rhinoceros, (No. 3) ; the Pirati, for the 
antelope, (No. 4) ; and the Bazidti, for the elephant, (No. 5). 
It is true that the word §usu occurs in the epigraph nearly 
over the elephant ; but that this position of animal and name 
is not in its proper place is evident from the fact that the 
whole arrangement — so far as relates to the names of the 
epigraph corresponding with the space occupied by the 
animals — has been thrown out of such order and corres- 
pondence at the very beginning by the words, 44 Tribute of 
the land of Muzri " being placed over the two Bactrian 
camels. Accordingly we have the words, " whose humps 
are double," over the space occupied by the bovine animal, the 
rhinoceros and the antelope. This want of correspondence 
between the animals and their names, locally considered, has 
been already pointed out by Hommel. But in order to make 
the desired arrangement of the word Susu harmonise with the 
position occupied by the elephant, Dr. Lotz is obliged to 
comprise the three animals, 44 ox, rhinoceros and antelope," 
under one general name, 44 ox of the River Saceya." Dr. Lotz 
objects to a plural number (Baziati) representing a single 
figure of the elephant ; and yet he considers that a singular 
number may stand for three animals so diverse in form and 
character as an ox, a rhinoceros, and an antelope. Of course 
a singular noun can be used collectively to denote many 
individuals of the same kind ; but I cannot suppose that the 
Assyrians could have 44 lumped together " three such dis- 
similar animals as the above, and employed a collective 
noun to denote them. Such a designation as 44 ox of the 
River Saceya " standing for an antelope, which is an animal 
of the deserts or plains, is most inappropriate. 
With respect to the names of the Black Obelisk animals, 
I am strongly inclined to think that they are to be assigned 
to the respective animals as follows : — 
(1). Camels with two humps; (2) k * ox of the River 
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