Addendum On Obv. I 10 F.

Addendum On Obv. I 10 F.Anu in this passage really denotes Sin, the moon, which has been connected with silver on account of its color. The identification of Anu, the heaven god, with the moon god rests upon the astronomical connection between the moon and the summer solstice, seeWeidner,Handbuch der Babylonischen Astronomie, 32. Sin is called“Anu of heaven,”King,Magic, No. I, 9, and for the connection with silver, seeVirolleaud,Astrologie, Supplement, V II,kaspuiluA-nu huraṣuiluEnlil erûiluEa. Enlil is connected with gold inVirolleaud,Astrologie, Second Supplement, XVII 14, and Enlil is not infrequently identified with Shamash, see p. 158, 1-2 and p. 308, 18, and gold is the traditional metal of the sun.The Greek identification of Zeus, the sky-god, with silver is certainly borrowed from Babylonia; see p.334.[pg 344]Description Of TabletsNumber in this VolumeMuseum NumberDescription113856Large two column tablet. Unbaked; light brown with dark spots. Top broken away and left lower corner damaged. H. 6-½ inches; W. 4-¼; T. 1-¾ - ¾. Liturgy of the cult of Ishme-Dagan. See pages245-257.211005Upper part of a large two column tablet. Unbaked; light brown. Top and left edge of the fragment damaged. H. 3-¾; W. 3-¾; T. 1-½ - ¾. Liturgy of Ishme-Dagan. See pages258-259.37847Dark brown unbaked tablet. Right upper corner slightly damaged. Right lower corner broken away. Two columns. H. 8; W. 5-¼; T. 1 - ½. Mythological hymn to Innini. The obverse is translated on pages260to264, but the reverse is too badly damaged to permit an interpretation. The text ends with the line,“Oh praise Innini,”the literary note characteristic of epical compositions. The scribe adds a note stating that there are 153 lines. Written by the hand ofLugal-ģe-a... son ofE-a-i-lù(?)....47878Light brown fragment from the left upper corner of a large unbaked tablet. H. 3-½; W. 1-½ - 1; T. 1-½ - 1. Duplicate of 7847. This tablet omits the liturgical note,“Oh praise Innini.”It has the colophon,“Written by the hand ofNinurash-mu..., in the presence ofNidaba-igi-pa(?)-...ģe-en.”515204Single column, dark brown tablet. Partly baked. Left lower corner broken away. H. 4-½; W. 2-½; T. 1-¼ - ½. Psalm to Enlil. See pages265-268.62154Single Column, light brown tablet. Top and left lower corner broken. H. 4-¼; W. 2-½; T. 1-¼-½. Lamentation for Lagash. See pages268-272.78097Single column, light brown tablet. Lower edge damaged. H. 4-¼; W. 2-¼; T. ¾-½. Liturgical hymn to Sin. See pages276-279.8346Single column, dark unbaked tablet. Damaged at top and bottom. H. 4; W. 2-½; T. 1--½. Bilingual hymn. See plate86.98334Single column, light brown tablet, unbaked. Left upper corner and top of reverse damaged. H. 4-¾; W. 2-½; T. 1-¼-½. Hymn to Innini.108533Upper part of a large two column tablet. Light brown, soft and crumbling. Purchased by the Expedition in 1895, from Abu Hatab. H. 3-¼; W. 5-½; T. 1-¼-½. Hymn to Enlil.117080Large light brown tablet; five columns; broken perpendicularly at the middle. Isin period. H. 8-¼; W. 4; T. 2. Liturgy to Enlil. Lamentation for the city of Ur. See pages279-285.126060Nearly complete tablet; baked. Temple library (IV). Second Exp. Two column tablet; Cassite period. H. 4; W. 3-½; T. 1-½. Cult symbols. See pages320-342.13B.M. 78239Upper half of large single column tablet. Light brown, partially baked. H. 7; W. 6; T. 2. Acquired by the British Museum in 1888. Late Babylonian edition of the third tablet of the liturgyelum didarato Enlil. See pages323-329.1411327Lower part of a large unbaked tablet, two columns. Right half almost wholly broken away. Myth of the water god Enki. H. 6; W. 6-½; T. 1-¾. Probably azag-salhymn.[pg 346]Index Of TabletsTablets in this Volume.Museum NumberNumber in this Volume346821546606012708011784737848480977833498533101100521132714138561152045B.M. 7823913Other Tablets Translated Or DiscussedNies 1315, Tablet Virolleaud,290-308Poebel, PBS. V No. 26,272-276Myhrman, PBS. I No. 5, Radau, BE. 30, No. 2,285-290Myhrman, PBS. I No. 8,309-310Zimmern, KL. No. 11,290-308Zimmern,Ritual Tafeln, No. 27,330-340Ashmolean Prism,311-323Strassmaier, ZA. VI 241-4,330-333Reisner, SBH. No. 18,327-329Reisner, SBH. No. 21,292-297Reisner, SBH. No. 22,292-295Reisner, SBH. No. 25,300-302[pg 347]

Anu in this passage really denotes Sin, the moon, which has been connected with silver on account of its color. The identification of Anu, the heaven god, with the moon god rests upon the astronomical connection between the moon and the summer solstice, seeWeidner,Handbuch der Babylonischen Astronomie, 32. Sin is called“Anu of heaven,”King,Magic, No. I, 9, and for the connection with silver, seeVirolleaud,Astrologie, Supplement, V II,kaspuiluA-nu huraṣuiluEnlil erûiluEa. Enlil is connected with gold inVirolleaud,Astrologie, Second Supplement, XVII 14, and Enlil is not infrequently identified with Shamash, see p. 158, 1-2 and p. 308, 18, and gold is the traditional metal of the sun.

The Greek identification of Zeus, the sky-god, with silver is certainly borrowed from Babylonia; see p.334.

Description Of TabletsNumber in this VolumeMuseum NumberDescription113856Large two column tablet. Unbaked; light brown with dark spots. Top broken away and left lower corner damaged. H. 6-½ inches; W. 4-¼; T. 1-¾ - ¾. Liturgy of the cult of Ishme-Dagan. See pages245-257.211005Upper part of a large two column tablet. Unbaked; light brown. Top and left edge of the fragment damaged. H. 3-¾; W. 3-¾; T. 1-½ - ¾. Liturgy of Ishme-Dagan. See pages258-259.37847Dark brown unbaked tablet. Right upper corner slightly damaged. Right lower corner broken away. Two columns. H. 8; W. 5-¼; T. 1 - ½. Mythological hymn to Innini. The obverse is translated on pages260to264, but the reverse is too badly damaged to permit an interpretation. The text ends with the line,“Oh praise Innini,”the literary note characteristic of epical compositions. The scribe adds a note stating that there are 153 lines. Written by the hand ofLugal-ģe-a... son ofE-a-i-lù(?)....47878Light brown fragment from the left upper corner of a large unbaked tablet. H. 3-½; W. 1-½ - 1; T. 1-½ - 1. Duplicate of 7847. This tablet omits the liturgical note,“Oh praise Innini.”It has the colophon,“Written by the hand ofNinurash-mu..., in the presence ofNidaba-igi-pa(?)-...ģe-en.”515204Single column, dark brown tablet. Partly baked. Left lower corner broken away. H. 4-½; W. 2-½; T. 1-¼ - ½. Psalm to Enlil. See pages265-268.62154Single Column, light brown tablet. Top and left lower corner broken. H. 4-¼; W. 2-½; T. 1-¼-½. Lamentation for Lagash. See pages268-272.78097Single column, light brown tablet. Lower edge damaged. H. 4-¼; W. 2-¼; T. ¾-½. Liturgical hymn to Sin. See pages276-279.8346Single column, dark unbaked tablet. Damaged at top and bottom. H. 4; W. 2-½; T. 1--½. Bilingual hymn. See plate86.98334Single column, light brown tablet, unbaked. Left upper corner and top of reverse damaged. H. 4-¾; W. 2-½; T. 1-¼-½. Hymn to Innini.108533Upper part of a large two column tablet. Light brown, soft and crumbling. Purchased by the Expedition in 1895, from Abu Hatab. H. 3-¼; W. 5-½; T. 1-¼-½. Hymn to Enlil.117080Large light brown tablet; five columns; broken perpendicularly at the middle. Isin period. H. 8-¼; W. 4; T. 2. Liturgy to Enlil. Lamentation for the city of Ur. See pages279-285.126060Nearly complete tablet; baked. Temple library (IV). Second Exp. Two column tablet; Cassite period. H. 4; W. 3-½; T. 1-½. Cult symbols. See pages320-342.13B.M. 78239Upper half of large single column tablet. Light brown, partially baked. H. 7; W. 6; T. 2. Acquired by the British Museum in 1888. Late Babylonian edition of the third tablet of the liturgyelum didarato Enlil. See pages323-329.1411327Lower part of a large unbaked tablet, two columns. Right half almost wholly broken away. Myth of the water god Enki. H. 6; W. 6-½; T. 1-¾. Probably azag-salhymn.

Index Of TabletsTablets in this Volume.Museum NumberNumber in this Volume346821546606012708011784737848480977833498533101100521132714138561152045B.M. 7823913Other Tablets Translated Or DiscussedNies 1315, Tablet Virolleaud,290-308Poebel, PBS. V No. 26,272-276Myhrman, PBS. I No. 5, Radau, BE. 30, No. 2,285-290Myhrman, PBS. I No. 8,309-310Zimmern, KL. No. 11,290-308Zimmern,Ritual Tafeln, No. 27,330-340Ashmolean Prism,311-323Strassmaier, ZA. VI 241-4,330-333Reisner, SBH. No. 18,327-329Reisner, SBH. No. 21,292-297Reisner, SBH. No. 22,292-295Reisner, SBH. No. 25,300-302

Tablets in this Volume.

Other Tablets Translated Or Discussed

Nies 1315, Tablet Virolleaud,290-308

Poebel, PBS. V No. 26,272-276

Myhrman, PBS. I No. 5, Radau, BE. 30, No. 2,285-290

Myhrman, PBS. I No. 8,309-310

Zimmern, KL. No. 11,290-308

Zimmern,Ritual Tafeln, No. 27,330-340

Ashmolean Prism,311-323

Strassmaier, ZA. VI 241-4,330-333

Reisner, SBH. No. 18,327-329

Reisner, SBH. No. 21,292-297

Reisner, SBH. No. 22,292-295

Reisner, SBH. No. 25,300-302

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