ses.]

[Footnote 20: On the upper Tigris.]

[Footnote 21: I follow Dr. Oppert in the rendering of this obscure
passage. Compare with Ammiba'al the name of the father of Bathsheba, which
like many other proper names is indicative of the close relations between
Assyria, Phoenicia, Syria, and Judea.]

[Footnote 22: This frequently recurring expression refers to the four
races of Syria.]

[Footnote 23: "Tabita" (Heb. "Tebeth") and "Tasritu" (Heb. "Tisri"). It
should be remarked that after the captivity the names of the months were
exchanged for the Chaldean; and the old Hebrew names, such as "Abib"
(Exod. xiii. 4), "Zif" (1 Kings vi. 37), "Ethanim" (ib. viii. 2), "Bul"
(ib. vi. 38), and the titles first, second, third month, etc., were
dropped.]

[Footnote 24: This name has also been read as "Nisroch-Salmon."]

COLUMN III

l On the 22d day of the third month, May,[1] in the eponym
of Dagan-bel-ussur,[2] withdrew from Calach; I passed the
Tigris at its nearer bank
2 and received a large tribute; at Tabite I made a halt; on the
6th day of the fourth month, June,[3] I withdrew from
Tabite and skirted the banks of Kharmis;
3 at the town of Magarizi I made a halt; withdrew from it
and passed along by the banks of the Chaboras and halted
at Sadikanni;
4 the tribute due from Sadikanni, silver, gold, tin, _kam_ of
copper, oxen, sheep, I received and quitted the place.
5 At the city of Katni I made a halt; the tribute of Sunaya
I received, and from Katni withdrew;
6 at Dar-Kumlimi[4] halted; withdrew from it and halted at
Bit-Halupe, whose tribute
7 of silver, gold, tin, _kam_ of copper, vestments of wool and
linen, oxen and sheep I received, and withdrew from it;
8 at the city of Zirki I made a halt; the tribute of Zirki,
silver, gold, tin, oxen,
9 sheep, I received; withdrew from Zirki; halted at Zupri,
whose tribute
10 of silver, gold, tin, _kami_, oxen, sheep, I received; withdrew
from Zupri and halted at Nagarabani,
11 whose tribute in silver, gold, tin, _kami_, oxen, sheep, I
received and withdrew from it;
12 near Khindani, situated on the nearer banks of the Euphrates
I halted;
13 the tribute of Khindani, silver, gold, tin, _kami_, oxen, sheep,
I received. From Khindani
14 I withdrew; at the mountains over against the Euphrates[5]
I halted; I withdrew from those mountains and halted a