Babyloniaca, études de philologie assyro-babylonienne.

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ST. LANGDON

myth according to which Marduk, son of the god of the sea, consults his
father concerning the afflicted, probably belongs to the ritual of the
water-cult. The myth was, however, worked into all the cults and it
is precisely the cc house of light, texts which have preserved the
original Sumerian versions. With the help of parallel texts the Constantinople tablet can be considerably restored; Dr. HUBER's text
does not give one the assurance of having been copied correctly at all
points. I give here an interpretation which may, of course, suffer some
alteration when more material is published.
OBV.
1. en e-sir-[ru]
2. galu-ra sag-gig-gi
3. gu-mu-mal-mal1
4. [sag]-gig-gi2 gP-sa-gig
5. gibil sr-mu-mal-mal
6...... an-gar(?) lal NU lal
7. gig-ga a gar lal NU lal
8. [sag?] gig-gi
9. ni-K U (?)
10. el (sic) dumu dingira gu-sa-[gzg]11. -gi a gu-mu bi-bi(?)
12. d. asaru [a]-a-ni d. en-ki-ir (?)4 ba-[na?]-~i-in (?).
REV.
1. [tur a-a-]mu BA (sic!).....5
2..... na gu-ni ni-[sug-sug?]6
1. Cf. CT XVII 21, 98.
2. Cf. CT IV 4, 4; CT XVII 21, 100 etc. sag omitted by the scribe (?).
3. So read after parallel passages.
4. Cf. CT XVII 21, 117.
5. One expects sag-gig.
6. Cf. CT IV 4 a 19.