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55" galu drm·me-a su 1.ba-an-da-ri(g)-a 55. Whom the Laba$u-demon overwhelmed,
57. galu drm-me-gíd sa-ba-an-dub 57. Whom the seizing demon fastened
upon,
59. galu ki-el lit-lá igi ba-an-si-kar
61. [ur]-sag' ki-ellil-lá sugubm ba-andib-bi-es'
63. galu iskim.gul ba-an-díb"·ba
65. galu nam-erim·ma su-ne-in-lal.e 6
67. galu ka gul·gál-e nam-ne-in-tar·ruda
69. galu eme gul-gál-e as-bal mu-un-naab-dúg-ga
71. galu igi-gul-gál-e igi-guse ba·an-siib-íl-la
73. galu ugu-ri-a7 sa-bi8 ba-an-sir-ri
75. galu nig-aga-a dU(l(a) ne-in-dib-dib­
bi
77. d'baóbar nam-til-la-bi za-e-da d­
mu-un-da-an-gdl'
79. eme ga-mun mu-(n)·ás-dim si·ba-niib-sá-e
59. Wholll the maid of the wind chose,
61. Strong man whom the lIlaid of the
wind pressed to the breast,
63. Upon whom the evil sign lingers",
65. vVhom a curse has bound,
67. Wholll the evil mouth has cursed,
69. Wholll the evil tongue'has enthralled,
71. Whom the evil eye has cast angry
gaze upon,
73. Whom a spook has enchained,
75. Whol11 a sorcerer has bound with
words,
77. Oh Shalllash, the life of these by
thee is given.
79. (The peoples) of alllanguages 10 as (a,
people) of one language thou guidest.
1. K. 3138 obv. 11, omits su.
2. Vars. galu.
3. Sic! Both variants have es, possibly for infixed Si thrown to the end to
indicate a dependent phrase; v. § 202.
4. GIL; díb provisionalreading for gil=paraku, 'restrain, annul'; for the
complement ba cL sag-ba-an-díb-ba = iprik, 'he halted, delayed', CT. XVII 31,
3, and for sag-GIL (díb)= naparkú, 'cease, come to an end', v. KING, CHRONICLES
II12, 9 and Bab. 11 129. paraku 'halt, restrain', IV', naparku, 'restrain oneself
cease', is expressed by gil onIy in the sense of 'annuI' JOHNS,Deeds and Documents
302. In the sense of 'restrain', the reading of GIL seems to be dib.
5. Literally, 'restrains itself'.
6. Sic! not a which we expect. Add this passage to MEISSNER,SAL 5231.
7. Loan-word rub,r2 'spook', 'one who casts ri(g) poisonous spittle ugu'. Cf.
§ 62.
8. K. 3138 rev. 11 omits bi. The form sa·ba-an-sir is original.
9. Val'. ba-an-gdl, (K. 3138 rey. 13)= ib-ba-si.
10. ga-mun for gan-mun, 'totality of names " (napbar sume). For gan =
naplwru, cf. gan CT. XII 10 a 1. eme ga-mun = lisan mit!Jari, 'all tongues'.