Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by the religion of the ancient Babylonians / by A. H. Sayce.

  • Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933.
Date:
1898
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    Colophon. 1. (From) the hand of Di. ... 2. in tlie eponymy of... . 3. May he have peace ! II. Unnumbered fragment. Ohv. 1. 0 hero, the illuminator of men, (the lord) of lords, the light (?).... 2. hero supreme, the lord who cometh forth as leader !^ 3. 0 Elimma (Mul-Iil), the hero who illuminates men as man! 4. O Elimma (the chamois-god), lord supreme ! 5. (0) great chief, lord of the horn, MuI-lil! 6. (0 Elim)ma, lord of the god ip-a ! 7. (0 divine) great chief, lord of the ghost-world ! 8. (0 Elim)ma, master of E-sar(ra)! 9. (0 Elim)ma, lord of the temple of the supreme heart! III. 79. 7-8. 28. (W.A.I. v. 52. No. 2.) Ohv. 9, (0 lord [mulu\) of sacrifice, may the prayer address thee !^ 10. (0 lord) of prayer, may the prayer address thee ! 11. (Bless ?) the brickwork^ of E-kur, the brickwork of E-kur ! 12. O establish (rt) the temple of Mul-lil! 13. 0 . . . . hero, establish the temple of Nin-lil! 14. 0 . . . . ruler of life, establish the temple of Mul-lil! 15. O . . • . establish the temple of Nin-lil! 16. 0 . .. . Moon-god, establish the temple of Mul-lil I 17. 0 . . . . fifty, estabhsh the temple of Mul-lil! 18. 0 supreme, establish (the temple of) Mul-lil! 19. O rising Sun-god, establish (it)! 20. 0 (thou) that comest forth (from) the gate of the temple of Erech, establish (it)! 21. 0 messenger of .... fill (it) with drops* of rain ! 22. He fills the land with weeping .... 23. He has sought his place of ... . 24. A stranger has seized the house of the oracle (hiristi). * (1) Ner-gal mulu XJD-DU-NE : mulu . . zu . . ud-dd-ne : ner-qal KHU-si OD-DU-NE, (2) etillum khdidh nisi (bil) hili .. nu{r'w ?).....: etillum saqd : helum supH ' (Mu-)lu arazu de-rab-hi. ' Libitti, corresponding to the Accadian a-se-ip. • Is'is, rendered by tsikhati in W. A.I. iv. 27, 23, and tsilchtum in v. 22,13.