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13-17.

18. _12 ilani_ [ ]
18. Twelve gods.

REVERSE II

1. _[SAG-GIR]-ME sa ina pani-su namru_(_586_)
1. The battle which before him gleams.

2. _[ KU]-SU la_(_587_)_ mah-ru_
2. ... not are received.

3. _[ -]u:NU: la-a_
3. [ ]_NU_ = not.

4. _[ BT:]su-u_(_588_)_:ILA:ma-ha-ri_
4. [ ]_BI_ = that: _ILA_ = to present.

5. _[__d.__Ne-gun] erim-bi nu-tuk-a ai-bi ina kate-su la usuni_
5. Negun who foes has not. The wicked from his hand escape not.

6. _NE-RU:ai-bi:ID:ka-ti:TUK-A SAL-SES_?
6. _NE-RU_ = wicked : _ID_ = hand : ? ?

7. _d.__Ne-gun_(_589_)_ ka-lu-u i-sa-tam_
7. Negun is he that burns with fire.

8. _HU-gunu_[1agin]_:gu-nu-u:SI:ka-lu-u_
8. The _gunu_ of _HU_ has the syllabic value _gunu:si(g)_ = to burn.

9. _NE:i-sa-tu:sa-nis ka-lu ni-ka_
9. _NE_ = fire: Or = to consume offerings in fire.

10. _SAL-SES_(_590_)_:ba-nu-u: ga-lu_
10. _ninmus_ = blaze, burn.

11. _SI:ba-nu-u:NE ga-lu_
11. _si(g)_ = blaze: _bil = burn_.

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12. _mudu muda li-kal-lim_
12. Let the knowing inform the knowing.

13. _la mudu ul immar_
13. He that knows not may not read.

_ki-ma labiri-su __ilu__Ninurta-nasir mar Ilu-ikisa __amelu__asipu istur
busi E-su-me-ra_
According to its original Ninurtu-nasir son of Ilu-ikisa, the priest of
magic wrote. It is the property of the temple Esumera.(591)

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, see WEIDNER, _Handbuch der Babylonischen
Astronomie_, 32. Sin is called "Anu of heaven," KING, _Magic_, No. I, 9,
and for the connection with silver, see VIROLLEAUD, _Astrologie_,
Supplement, V II, _kaspu __ilu__ A-nu hurasu __ilu__ Enlil eru __ilu__
Ea_. Enlil is connected with gold in VIROLLEAUD, _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 TABLETS

NUMBER MUSEUM DESCRIPTION
IN THIS NUMBER
VOLUME
1 13856 Large two column tablet. Unbaked; li