Babyloniaca, études de philologie assyro-babylonienne.

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8. From this passage, as well as from GOL. XIX, 1, we might infer
that Ganis' was the name of the city which stood at Kaxa-Eyuk. On the
other hand, Gor,. XIV, 34 appears to imiply that Gani~ was at some distance, though this is rendered uncertain by the lacuna at the beginning
of line 31. Other names of cities in the neighbourhood terminated in -9;
e.g. Buru,,, GoL. XIX, 3, and in one of Ramsay's tablets Ama~ is mentioned by the side of Abem and Nahur (Nahor).
9. Instead of Padu we could read Haddu,7 i. e. Hattu "the Hittite "
10. I would identify nuti with the early Babylonian nruvall (Bu. 88 -5-12, 163, 27).
Ii. agikti might mean a IIbag ", hut in Egypt papyrus deeds were
simply tied with a string and wNe have no reason to believe that the
custom in Assyria was different. In fact, a clay tablet tied up in a bag
with a shekel of silver would be likely to be broken. See note on GOL.
XXI, I.
13. The first person pl. for the sing. as in GOL. XV, 5O. The verb is
takailu.
15. anzariz signified a coating of brickwork or enamelled tiles
on a wall, and could therefore well be applied to the clay envelope of a
tablet.
19. elata is used like elat in Neo-Babylonian. contracts.
21, 25. Notice the double spelling, with s for;z.
GOL. XVII
I. a-n1a 1-ki b-i/ui
To Ikib-ilu
2. [kij-hc-mna umrn-a
says thus
3. IA-tn a -A -,~iir,- a
1Bra-Agur:
4. Azu-ha-ru-a i~-du
My boy from
a5. Ku-au-aa
Kuburnat
6. a-ti-ni 1 hI"
to us has not