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THE LETTERS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 R^ 2 COLLECTION 
 
 IN THE 
 
 BRITISH MUSEUM, WITH TRANSLITERATION, NOTES 
 
 AND GLOSSARY 
 
 BY 
 
 GEORGE RICKER BERRY 
 
 THE UNIVEESIXY OF CHICAGO 
 
 CHICAGO 
 
 t^t QXniuersitt of Chicago (press 
 
 1896 
 

 A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL ARTS 
 
 AND LITERATURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, IN CANDIDACY 
 
 FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY. 
 
 [Reprinted from Hbbbaica, Vol. XL, Noa. 3 and 4. Chicago, 111.] 
 
THE LETTERS OF THE R^ 2. COLLECTION (ZA VIIL 
 
 pp. 341-359). 
 
 By George Kicker Berry. 
 
 The University of Chicago. 
 
 The term Assyrian Letters may for convenience be applied to Letters 
 written either in Assyrian or Babylonian. A distinction is usually made 
 between Letters in the proper sense and the Eeports of government officials, 
 which are generally formal and conventional. No clear distinction, however, is 
 possible. Many tablets, properly called Letters, are, in reality, Eeports from 
 officials to the king. Such Letter-reports are much less interesting than the 
 more informal — or rather less official— Letters. 
 
 In this introduction I aim to give a resume of the work done upon Assyrian 
 Letters. In some cases, it has not been considered necessary to attempt a dis- 
 tinction between Letters, Letter-reports and Eeports. 
 
 In the narrow sense in which it is ordinarily used, the term Assyrian Letters 
 designates a large mass of literature which is, by common consent, referred to 
 the period of the Sargon dynasty. In a wider sense, however, it should also 
 include the Letters found at Tel el-Amarna in 1887. The latter belong to the 
 XVth century B. C, and are now in the museums at London, Berlin and Gizeh, 
 with the exception of a few in the possession of private parties. The following 
 is the most important literature on the Tel el-Amarna tablets : (1) Der TTiontaf el- 
 fund von El Amarna, Hugo Winckler, Berlin, 1890, containing the cuneiform text 
 of 240 Letters, besides six other tablets which are not Letters. A large part of 
 these tablets is now in Berlin, some are in Gizeh, and a few in the possession of 
 M. Golenischeff of St. Petersburg. (2) Tlie Tell el-Amarna Tablets in the British 
 Museum with Autotype Facsimiles, C. Bezold and E. A. "W. Budge, London, 1892, 
 containing the text of 82 tablets printed with the type of the Harrisons, with an 
 introduction and summary of contents. (3) Oriental Diplomacy, Charles Bezold, 
 London, 1893, contains a transliteration, and a resume of the contents of 
 the tablets in the British Museum, a valuable Introduction, setting forth many 
 of the characteristic features of the language of these letters, and a Glossary* 
 (4) The Tell Amarna Tablets, C. E. Conder, London, 1893, is of little scientific 
 value. The articles in Hebraica, ZA, PSBA, JBL, etc., etc., need not be 
 cited here. 
 
The Letters of the E^ 2. Collection. 3 
 
 The great mass of Assyrian Letters, however, belongs to the later period. 
 The texts of a few are published in The Cuneiform InscriiMons of Western Asia, 
 III. (1870), IV. (1875) and V. (1884).i Some Letters are transliterated and trans- 
 lated by George Smith in his History of Assurbam2)al (1871). 2 His Assyrian 
 Discoveries (1875) contains the translation of one letter.3 
 
 The next important work on the Letters is by Theo. G. Pinches (1) in TSBA 
 VI. (1877), pp. 209-243, where he gives the text, transliteration, and translation 
 of four Letters,^ and (2) in PSBA (Nov. 1881) pp. 12-15, where he transliterates 
 and translates two Letters.^ The first article also contains some interesting and 
 valuable general information on the Letter literature. 
 
 In TSBA VI. (June, 1877) pp. 289-304, a Letters is published by H. F. Talbot 
 in text, transliteration and translation with notes. The translation is reprinted 
 in BP XI. (1878) pp. 99-104. 
 
 Pater Strassmaier has done a great service to Letter, as well as to other 
 Assyrian, literature, in his Alphabetisches Verzeichniss der Assyrischen und Akka- 
 dischen Worter, etc. (1886). This work contains much material from the Letters, 
 chiefly from those Letters which were, at that time, unpublished. Some 
 Letters are published in full, e. g. K. 280 on p. 813 sq. Many others are pub- 
 lished in part. 
 
 Much more extensive work in this field than had yet been done was under- 
 taken by S. A. Smith. In his Keilschrifttexte Asurbanipals II. (1887) and III. 
 (1889) many Letters are found.^ They are given in the text, with transliteration, 
 translation and notes, and some supplementary notes by Pinches and Bezold. 
 
 This author has published other Letters, following the same plan of giving 
 text, transliteration, translation and notes, in PSBA IX. (June 7, 1887) pp. 
 240-56; X. (Nov. 1, 1887) pp. 60-72; Jan. 10, 1888, pp. 155-77, and April, 
 1888, pp. 305-15.8 These articles were reprinted and published under the title 
 Assyrian Letters, Parts I.-IV. (1888). 
 
 1 Vol. 3 contains K. 1619b and K. 1630b, (plate 16) ; vol. 4, K. 84, K. 13, and K. 647 (plate 53), 
 K. 114, K. 31, and K. 79 (plate 53), K. 563, K. 538, K. 181, and 48-7-30, 15 (plate 54). In the new 
 edition, 1891, these plates are nos. 45, 46, and 47. Vol. 5 has K. 186, K. 175, K. 618, K. 513 (plate 53). 
 K-". 3. 2, K. 613, K. 678, K. 537, K. 630 (plate 54). 
 
 2 These are K. 1139 (p. 108 sq.), K. 313 (p. 189 sq.), part of K. 599 (p. 196 sq.), K. 13 (p. 197 sqq.), 
 K. 10 (p. 248 sq.), K. 359 (p. 253 sqq.), K. 563 (p. 396 sqq.). 
 
 3 Sm. 1034. 
 
 4 These are K. 181, K. 538, K. 79 and K. 14. 
 s Viz. 80-7-19, 25 and 80-7-19, 36. 
 
 6 K. 31. 
 
 •> These are K. 538, K. 513, K. 563, K. 604, K. 476, 81-3-4, 57, K. 95, K. 486, K. 509, K. 312, K. 359, 
 K. 524, S. 1064. K. 824, K. 11, K. 549, K. 183, K. 487, K. 535, K. 578, K. 646, K. 550, K. 1353[a], K. 533, 
 K. 1249, S. 760, K. 96, K. 514, K. 679, K. 583, K. 686, K. 1339 and K. 1113, K. 669 and K. 1139. 
 
 8 These are K. 482, K. 483, S. 1034, K. 82. K. 83, K. 691, K. 21, K. 80, K. 81, K. 89, K. 478, K. 481, 
 K. 493, K. 498, K. 533, K. 113, K. 146, K. 174, K. 479, K. 493, K. 503, K. 504, K. 506, K. 507, K. 508, 
 K. 511, K. 526, K. 154, K. 523, K. 572, K. 1122, 80-7-19, 17, R". 77. Besides these the text without 
 translation is given of S. 1046 and 83-7-4, 37, the last being a contract tablet. 
 
4 Hebraica. 
 
 The work of Smith may be judged from different points of view. In many of 
 the Letters, he has failed to grasp the central idea, and many of his explanations 
 of particular words are unsatisfactory. A more thoroughly scientific grasp of the 
 language would have led to better results. However, considering its value for 
 the study of the Letter-literature, much may be said in its praise. The fact that 
 the texts are very well transcribed is in itself a service of the first importance. 
 Smith has made a great deal of material accessible to other investigators, and he 
 has undoubtedly stimulated others, who, on the basis of his results, have been 
 able to reach results differing, it is true, from his but more satisfactory. 
 
 In ZA II. (1887) pp. 58-68, two Letters^ are published by C. F. Lehmann, 
 under the title Ziod Erlasse Asurhanabals. These have text, transliteration, 
 translation and notes. 
 
 Theo. G. Pinches, in his Texts in the Babylonian Wedge- Writing, Part I., has 
 published the cuneiform text of several Letters.io 
 
 In the publication by C. Bezold of the Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets of 
 the Kouyunjih Collection of the British Museum, I. (1889), II. (1891), III. (1894), a 
 forward step is to be noted. These volumes greatly facilitate systematic study 
 of the texts, which is indispensable in this branch of Assyriology. A prelim- 
 inary service of a similar character had been rendered by his Kurzgefasster Ueber- 
 blick iiber die Babylonisch-Assyrische Literatur. 
 
 In the published portion of his Assyrisches Worterbuch (1887-), Priedrich 
 Delitzsch has given extracts from many Letters. His chief work upon them, 
 however, is found in Beitrdge zur Assyriologie, I., 1 (1889), pp. 185-248, 1., 2 (1890), 
 pp. 613-631 and II., 1, pp. 19-62.ii These are published without the text, but 
 with transliteration, translation and full notes. A large number of these texts 
 had been previously treated by S. A. Smith, but the results here obtained mark a 
 great advance beyond those of Smith. The work of Delitzsch is characterized 
 by an acquaintance with the literature and by strict adherence to grammatical 
 and lexicographical principles. 
 
 The scientific and systematic study of the Assyrian Letters was for the first 
 time made possible to students in general through the publication of The Assyrian 
 and Babylonian Letters belonging to the K. Collection of the British Museum, Part I. 
 (1892), Part II. (1893), by Robert Francis Harper. The volumes so far published, 
 which are part of a series, give the texts carefully transcribed, printed in type 
 and arranged according to the names of the scribes. Volume I. contains 124 
 
 9 K. 95 and 67-4-2, 1. 
 
 10 These are K. 647, K. 10, K. 823, R-°. 215, K. 828. K. 831, K. 915, 80-7-19, 19. 
 
 11 These articles contain K. 486. K. 523. K. 478, K. 476, K. 512, K. 81, K. 526, K. 146, 81-2-4, 57. 
 K. 493, K. 498, K. 522, K. 572, K. 483, K. 604, K. 618, K. 95, 67-4-2, 1. K. 509, K. 82, Sm. 1034, K. 183, 
 K. 601, K. 666, K. 583, K. 492, K. 482, K. 167, K. 11, K. 691, K. 507, K. 669, K. 479, K. 1113, K. 487, 
 K. 649, K. 550, 80-7-19, 26, 80-7-19, 25, K. 525. 
 
The Letters of the W^ 2. Collection. 5 
 
 and volume II. 99 tablets, a total of 223 Letters.12 Volume III. of this series 
 will appear about October 1st, 1896. 
 
 Two Lettersi3 have been treated by C. Johnston in The Journal of the American 
 Oriental Society, XV., 3 (Apr. 22, 1892) pp. 311-16. They are transliterated and 
 translated, and accompanied by a few notes. There is also a note on one of them, 
 K. 84, by the same author in the Johns Hopkins University Circulars (June 1893) 
 p. 108. Another Letter, S. 1064, is translated in JHTJC (July 1894) p. 118 sq. 
 Some general statements about the epistolary literature are given by him in 
 JHTJC (July 1894) p. 119 sq. 
 
 Several Letters are published in the cuneiform text by Hugo Winckler in 
 Sammliing von Keilschrifttexten, 11. , 1 (1893) and II., 2 (1894).i4 These contain 
 many mistakes in copying. The editor's excuse in the preface of the last part to 
 the effect that he had compared his copies with the original text but once, is an 
 aggravation of the offense, for it is well nigh unpardonable for a man to publish 
 such texts without taking every precaution to insure their correctness. 
 
 A few other miscellaneous references may be grouped together here. J. 
 Menant, in his Manuel de la Langue Assyrienne (1880), has published K. 562. Part 
 of K. 154 is published with transliteration, translation and notes, by H. F. Talbot 
 in TSBA I., 16sqq., 352 sq. Extracts from K. 177 are published by Lenormant 
 in Essai sur un document mathematique, p. 74. A translation of K. 562 is given by 
 Delitzsch in Wo lag das Paradies ? 302 sq. Part of K. 605 is published with 
 transliteration and translation by Pinches in PSBA, V., 28. A transliteration 
 
 u These are K. 11, K. 14, K. 21, K. 63b, K. 80, K. 83, K. 89, K. 113, K. 113, K. 117, K. 133, K. 135, 
 K. 146, K. 167, K. 174, K. 175, K. 181, K. 183, K. 185, K. 186, K. 194, K. 466, K. 467, K. 468, K. 469, 
 K. 473, K. 476, K. 481, K. 483, K. 483, K. 485, K. 487, K. 488, K. 490, K. 49], K. 493, K. 494, K. 495. 
 K. 497, K. 499, K. 501, K. 503, K. 504, K. 505, K. 507, K. 511, K. 513, K. 515, K. 518, K. 519, K. 530, 
 K. 533, K. 537, K. 539, K. 530, K. 533, K. 537, K. 538, K. 539, K. 540, K. 541, K. 543, K, 546, K. 547, 
 K. 549, K. 550, K. 551, K. 553, K. 554, K. 555, K. 558, K. 561, K. 565, K. 568, K. 569, K. 573, K. 573, 
 K. 574, K. 575, K. 576, K. 577, K. 583, K. 583, K. 584, K. 589, K. 591. K. 594, K. 595, K. 596, K. 598, 
 K. 601, K. 603, K. 604, K. 606, K. 609, K. 613, K. 613, K. 614, K. 616, K. 617, K. 618, K. 619, K. 620, 
 K. 623, K. 634, K. 625, K. 626, K. 637, K. 629, K. 631, K. 636, K. 639, K. 641, K. 643, K. 643, K. 647, 
 K. 649, K. 650, K. 653, K. 653, K. 655, K. 656, K. 657, K. 660, K. 663, K. 664, K. 665, K. 666, K. 679, 
 K. 683, K. 686, K. 687, K. 690, K. 691, K. 831, K. 903, K. 910, K. 939a, K. 970, K. 979, K. 981, K. 983, 
 K. 991, K. 997, K. 1000, K. 1013, K. 1017, K. 1019, K. 1033, K. 1034, K. 1035, K. 1036, K. 1033, K. 1033, 
 K. 1037, K. 1039, K. 1040, K. 1041, K. 1047, K. 1048, K. 1049, K. 1050, K. 1053, K. 1053, K. 1057, K. 1058, 
 K. 1060, K. 1063, K. 1067, K. 1069, K. 1070, K. 1080, K. 1083, K. 1087, K. 1101 and K. 1331, K. 1113 and 
 K. 1329, K. 1147 and K. 1947, K. 1151, K. 1168, K. 1170, K. 1187, K. 1189, K. 1195, K. 1197, K. 1199, 
 K. 1200, K. 1204, K. 1205, K. 1209, K. 1234, K. 1235, K. 1239, K. 1242, K. 1343, K. 1267, K. 1270, K. 1373, 
 K. 1274, K. 1396, K. 1410, K. 1418, K. 1438, K. 1461, K. 1540, K. 1896, K. 1907, K. 3,909, K. 4381, K. 4304, 
 K. 4703, K. 4704, K. 4770, K. 4780, K. 5344b, K. 5458, K. 5464, K. 5465, K. 5466, K. 5509, K. 5531, K. 7436, 
 K. 7434, K. 7493. 
 
 13 K. 828 and K. 84. 
 
 u These are K. 1106, K. 1355, K. 5464, K. 2701a, K. 333, K. 1067, K. 1080, K. 176, K. 5425[a], K. 113, 
 K. 1037, K. 3889, K. 135, K. 1107, K. 1621b, K. 1118, K. 1374, K. 1459, K. 1541, K. 1542, K. 1904, K. 1610, 
 K. 17, K. 168, K. 1550, K. 1580, K. 1387, K. 97, K. 1199, K. 4287, K. 4303, K. 1174, K. 1347, K. 94, K. 1196, 
 K. 1066, K. 1238, K. 1310, K. 4683, K. 4724, K. 1197 [1187], K. 1062, K. 1203, K. 1201, K. 1146, K. 1347, 
 K. 1366, K. 63b, K. 844, K. 1239, K. 4757, K. 1374, K. 4785, K. 5461, K. 5333b, K. 87, K. 1164, K. 5457, 
 K. 2645, K. 4779, K. 4670, K. 1263, K. 1250, K. 830, 1895, K. 1176, K. 1271. K. 1265, K. 894, K. 1335, 
 K. 1077, K. 896, K. 1269, K. 1065. K. 4776, K. 5473, K. 4775, K. 5483, K. 1880, K. 1881, K. 4787, K. 4793, 
 K. 5594, K. 5585, K. 5550 and K. 5641, K. 5500. 
 
6 Hebraica. 
 
 and translation of K. 1619b is given by Sayce in Babylonian Literature, p. 78, 
 and by Amiaud in Babylonian and Oriental Record, II., 197 sqq. The text of K. 
 1620b with transliteration and translation has been published by Budge, His- 
 tory of Esarhaddon, 14 sq. 
 
 The cuneiform text of the Letters here considered was published by Robert 
 Francis Harper in ZA, VIII. (1893) pp. 341-59. 
 
 The best information obtainable places the number of Letter tablets in the 
 British Museum at over one thousand, of which less than half have been pub- 
 lished. Their diflSculty has often been emphasized. Undoubtedly the short notes 
 containing accounts of the transportation of horses and other animals present 
 the least difficulty. Military reports are deciphered Mdth considerable ease, while 
 the Letters upon astrological subjects are most difficult. In fact, they are often 
 quite unintelligible. A few are dated, but only with the month and day, so 
 that they give no help in determining the date of composition. How the date, in 
 such cases, may be determined, however, Bezold has shown in Die Tliontafel- 
 sammlungen des British Museum (1888), p. 14 sqq. The method suggested by him 
 will be increasingly successful as the decipherment progresses. 
 
 There is no section of Assyrian literature which requires more patient, 
 systematic and well directed labor for the solution of its problems. But it is not 
 too much to expect that ultimately these Letter tablets, on account of their 
 number, the variety of their contents, and the light which they throw upon the 
 everyday side of life, will contribute much material of great value for the real 
 history of Assyria and Babylonia. 
 
 Most of those who have written upon the Letters have attempted to give a 
 complete translation in each case. It must be confessed, however, that these 
 attempts have not been particularly successful. The difficulty of many of the 
 Letters is such that to attempt a connected translation in our present state of 
 knowledge is almost a waste of time. I have, therefore, in the following pages 
 deemed it best, not to give translations, but rather a complete glossary, follow- 
 ing in this the example of Bezold in his Oriental Diplomacy. 
 
 To my teacher. Professor Robert Francis Harper, I am greatly indebted for 
 valuable suggestions and help in my study of these texts. For the conclusions 
 reached, however, I alone am responsible. 
 
 TRANSLITERATION. 
 RM 2, 1. 
 
 OBVERSE. 
 
 1 A-na sarri beli-ia 2 ardu-ka ^^ ""^ Samas-bel-usur 3 lu sul-mu a-na sarri 
 beli-ia 4 in a muhhi ka-li-ia sa sarru be-ili 5 istu ^ aiu Arba-ilu-a-a is-pur- 
 an-ni 6 ma a-ta-a ka-li-ia-u la-su 7 ki-i istu ^ iSdi-harrani ameiu mutir 
 
The Letters of the B,^ 2. Collection. 7 
 
 pu-te 8 i-li-kan-a-ni a-na *>•'" Ur-zu-hi-na 9 i-[na] pa-na-tu-su-nu II imeru ku-din 
 10 ina sapli ™ Isid-harrani ar-ta-kas 11 ina *1" Arrapha i-sa-bat II imeru ku- 
 din 12 ina §apli m Arba-ilu-a-a ir-ta-kas 13 a-na ^^^^ Ma-sa-mu i-ta-lak 
 
 14 §arru be-ili ar ma-la 15 u-ru-u sa [imeru ina] ^'^ Dur-ta-li-ti 16 
 
 u-ru-u sa imgru ku-din ina «'" Ta-ga-la-gi 17 u-sa-zi-zu-u-ni 18 istu ^lu Ur-zu- 
 hi-na i-tu-si 19 II imeru ku-din ina sapli-su ka-li-ia-u 20 a-na ka-li-e a-di 
 ^^^ A-ra-ak-di 21 ki-i u-ma-a i-li-kan-a-ni 22 bid sarru be-ili is-pur-su-u-ni 
 23 a-na-ku ina ai" Ur-zu-hi-na 24 II imeru ku-din ina sap[li] 25 ar-ta-kas. 
 
 REVERSE. 
 1 a-di aiu Dur-ta-[li-ti] 2 3 
 
 4 sarru be-ili u-da 5 ki-i ^^^ Ar-zu-hi-na 6 ina libbi i?" pi-lu-ur-te 7 ka- 
 ri-ru-u-ni mar-di-tu 8 istu ^^^ Ur-zu-hi-na a-di 9 ^i" A-ra-ak-di a-na u-ma- 
 me 10 ta-da-in sarru be-ili- 11 a te-mu si-kun 12 ka-li-ia-u 13 ina ^^^ Dur-' 
 atanaP^-te 14 lu-sa-zi-zu a-hi-ia-si 15 nu-ti-in ina mu^ihi am8lu zammereP^- 
 16 sa sarru be-ili is-pur-an-ni 17 ma-a ina muhhi amelu maraP^-ni 18 sa amelu 
 rab-SE-SA ina matu Ba-bi-ti 19 i-tu-uk-tu a-sa-al 20 u-ta-si-si me-me-[ni] 
 la-su 21 u la ni-is-me sarru be-ili 22 i-sap-ra ma-a sum-ma amelu zammereP^- 
 23 ba tu-sa-bit ma-a lu tu-da 24 ki-i ap-ta tu-sal-lum-ni 25 ameiu pa-ri-su-u-te 
 26 sa aiu Arrapha 27 sa bit amelu nagir ekalli 28 up-ta-at-hu-ru ina libbi 
 
 sum-sa ku-bu u-ma 29 u-si-li i-na-sur sum-ma u-sa-bit-u-ni 30 
 
 u-bal-u-ni-su-nu a-nu-sim amelu zammereP^- sa bit amelu 31 sa ka-an- 
 
 ni alu Ur-zu-hi-na sarru be-ili ina pan sarri beli-[ia] 
 
 RM 2, 2. 
 
 OBVERSE. 
 
 1 Duppu ™ Gril-sa-na 2 a-na amelu nagir biti 3 lu sul-mu a-na-ka 4 sa 
 tas-pur-an-ni 5 ma-a sar matu Akkad-a-a 6 a-di amglu e-muk-ki-su 7 kar- 
 ka-te-e i-lak 8 ma-a a-a-ka u-sab 9 amelu \,^\ pihati sa aiu U-a-si 10 amglu 
 bel pihati sa ka-ni matu U-ka-a-a 11 i-tal-ku-u-ni dul-lu 12 ina asirti e-pu-su 
 13 i-da-bu-ub ma-a sarru 14 i-lak ina alu U-a-si u-sab 15 ma-a amelu ^g] 
 pirate Pi- uh-hu-ru 16 i-la-ku-u-ni 
 
 REVERSE. 
 
 1 ina alu Mu-sa-sir 2 dul-lu e-pu-su 3 sa tas-pur-an-ni 4 ma-a sa la pi-i 
 
 5 sa sarri me-me-ni 6 it-[ti]-su ina dul-li 7 lu la u-ba-la 8 ki-i sar matu 
 Assur (ki) 9 i-lik-an-ni ak-tal-su-u 10 sa e-pu-su-ni e-tap-sa 11 u an-ni-u 
 a-ki-e 12 kil-la-su. 
 
 RM 2, 3. 
 OBVERSE. 
 
 1 A-na sarri b[e-ili-ia] 2 ardu-ka m Asur-ri-su-a 3 lu sul-mu a-na Sarri 
 be-ili-ia 4 3000 amglu sabePl- sepaP'- 5 amelu §a-nu-te amSlu rab-sabre P^- 6 
 
 ( l/NIVEk 
 
8 Hebraica. 
 
 sa ™ Si-e-ti-ni ameiu bgj pih^ti 7 sa pu-tu ellu a-na ^lu Mu-sa-sir 8 u-ta- 
 me-su i^'^ru ME 9 e-tab-ru iJ^eru a-sap-pu-su 10 se ma-la sa °i Si-e- 
 ti-ni 11 ina pa-ni-su su-u 12 sa ™ Su-na-a 13 amelu \,^\ pihati. 
 
 REVERSE. 
 1 sa pu-ut matu U-ka-a-a 2 amelu g^be P^- -su 3 u-ta-mi-su-ma 4 a-na alu 
 Mu-sa-sir 5 a-si-me ma-a sarru 6 ina libbi ^'^ U-e-si 7 il-lak u-di-na 8 la 
 u-nam-mas. 
 
 RM 2, 4. 
 
 OBVERSE. 
 
 1 A-na sarri beli-ia 2 ardu-ka ™ Sam-hu i^" Sa-mas 3 lu-u sul-mu 4 a-na 
 sarri beli-ia 5 ina mu^hi amelu gakan-massarti 6 sa istu ameiu da-gil-issure t>^- 
 7 sa sarru be-ili 8 is-pur-an-ni 9 ma-a ina pani-ka 10 lu-uk-ta-ti-ni 11 ma-a 
 mi-i-nu 12 sa istu pan amelu da-gil-issure P^- 13 i-su-u-ni 14 lu-u-sa-hi-ri 15 
 [l]id-din 
 
 REVERSE. 
 
 1 a-sa-'a-la 2 u-ta-si 3 me-me-ni 4 istu pa-ni-su-nu 5 la i si-i 
 
 6 ina muhhi pu-na 7 u-ma-a a-ki sa sarru 8 beli ik-bu-u-ni 9 amglu 
 
 sakan-massarti ur-ki-ia-u 10 ina pani-su-nu 11 ak-ta-la 12 am-me-ia-u 13 
 a-na massarti-su 14 i-ta-ta-ka 
 
 RM 2, 5. 
 
 OBVERSE. 
 
 1 A-na sarri beli-a 2 ardu-ka ^ A-bit-sar-usur 3 lu sul-mu a-na sarri 
 beli-a 4 ina muhhi ™ ii" Nabu-er-es 5 ameiu Kal-da-a-a 6 sa sarru be-ili 
 is-pur-an-ni 7 ma-a sap-li ka-ti 8 ma-sar-tu-su us-su-ru 9 istu mar sarru be- 
 ili 10 is-pur-an-ni 11 a-sa-par ma-sar-tu-su 12 sap-la ka-ti 13 it-ta-as-ru. 
 
 REVERSE. 
 
 1 U-ma-a 2 an-nu-ri 3 u-tam-me-sa 4 il-la-ka 5 ma-a a-na sul-me 6 ina 
 ekalli al-lak 
 
 RM 2, 6. 
 
 OBVERSE. 
 
 1 A-na sarri beli-ia 2 ardu-ka ^ Istar-sum-er-es 3 lu sul-mu a-na sarri 
 beli-ia 4 ^^^ Nabu u ii^ Marduk 5 a-na sarri beli-ia lik-ru-bu 6 sa sarru 
 be-li is-pur-an-ni 7 ma-a u-la ina bi-rit pu-ri-di 8 a-me-li e-ti-ik 9 ina 
 muhhi sa sap-la i?'^ narkabti-e 10 tu-su-u-ni ina muh-hi-su 11 sarru be-li 
 
 i-kab-[bi] 12 ma-a pu-ri-di 13 pu-ri-di ki-ma 
 
 14 sa amglu u 15 su-u bi-r[it] 16 is- 
 
 [su]-ri ma(?) 17 u 18 
 
The Letters of the E^ 2. Collection. 9 
 
 REVERSE. 
 
 1 a-na it-ti 2 nu-ka-al su-u an 3 istu KAT a-na 
 
 kan 4 sap-la i?" narkabti it 5 sa pu-ri-di 6 sa sarru 
 
 be-li [ik-bu-u-ni] 7 an-ni-u pi 8 ™ Ji" Beltu-kab-din ina bi 
 
 9 kitridu amelu e 10 lu-u kissat ili lu-u kissat sarri mat- 
 
 su 11 a-hu-lam-ma amSlu As-da(?)-a-a-ti 12 ni-ik-bi a-ta-a 13 la sarrani P^- 
 nak-ru-ti-su-nu 14 sap-la i?^ mu-gir-ri 15 sa sarri beli-ia 16 la i-ka-an-nu-su 
 
 RM 2, 7. 
 
 1 A-na sarri [beli-ia] 2 ardu-ka ™ Sar 3 lu sul-mu a-na sarri 
 
 be-[ili-ia] 4 ^ Bab-ba-ni am§iu [mutir pu-te] 5 70 sabe pi- tabe Pi- 
 
 6 ^^^^ Akkadi (ki) a 7 na-sa ina aiu g us-se-si 
 
 9 u sabe Pi- 10 id-da-ab ma^u n ma-a u 12 istu pa-ni 
 
 13 ih-ri 
 
 RM 2, 8. 
 
 OBVERSE. 
 
 1 A-na sarri be-ili-ia 2 ardu-ka ™ **" Nabu-sum-iddina 3 lu sul-mu a-na 
 sarri be-ili-ia 4 a-dan-nis a-dan-nis o i'^ Nabu ^^^ Marduk 6 a-na sarri be- 
 ili-ia lik-ru-bu 7 ii" Bg] ilu J^abu ii«i Nergal 8 nu-[um-mur] sa sarri 9 be- 
 ili-[ia] li-is-su-ru 10 [sar-ru]-u-tu sa sarri 11 [be-ili-ia ana 100] sanati Pl- 12 
 
 [a-na sarri be-ili-ia] lu-ki-in-nu 13 ki-e-ni at-ta 14 nu sar- 
 
 ru-u-tu 15 a-na li-pi-i-ka 16 a-na zi-ri-ka 17 a-na sa-at ume 18 [lid-di]-nu 
 19 bit-hal-li 
 
 REVERSE. 
 
 1 sap-pa 2 bit-hal-li 3 [istu aiu D]ur-Sar-ukin 4 
 
 umu an-ni-u 5 e-tar-bu-u-ni 6 mu-su an-ni[-u e]-pu-su 7 sa ti-[ma]-a-li 8 
 sisePi- as-si-kal 9 a-na mi-i-ni ka-a-a-ma-ni-u 10 sise Pi- sa sarri u-sa-ad-la-ab 
 11 sum-ma sarru be-ili i-kab-bi 12 sise P^- la-as-kal 13 mi-i-nu sa sarru be-ili 
 
 14 i-§ap-par-an-ni 15 umi 23 
 
 RM 2, 11. 
 
 OBVERSE. 
 [Several lines broken away.] 
 
 1 sa sarru be-ili 2 ma-a su-pur li 3 lu-u-bi-lu-ni-su 
 
 a-sa-[al] 4 ina ™^^^ Bar-hal-sa up-ta-si 5 la-a-su la-a e-mu-ru-su 6 a-na 
 
 al^ Mu-ti-an-ni 7 ina libbi ali-su it-tal-ka 8 la-a-as-su 9 ahu-su su-u-tu 10 
 e-du-ma-nu ina lib-bi 
 
10 Hebraica. 
 
 REVERSE. 
 
 1 kam-mu-su i-sab-tu 2 na-su-ni-su a-sa-al-su 3 nu-uk a^u-ka a-li-e 4 
 
 ma-a la il-li-kam-ma ina muh-hi-a 5 an-nu-sim sarri beli-a 6 u-si- 
 
 bi 7 u a™§i" ma 8 ina muhhi m Di 
 
 [Several lines broken away.] 
 
 RM 2, 458. 
 
 OBVERSE. 
 
 1 A-na sarri beli-ia 2 ardu-ka ^ Tabu-sil-Esarra 3 sul-mu a-na Esarra 
 (ki) 4 sul-mu a-na ekurrate 5 sul-mu a-na ^l" Assur 6 sul-mu a-na matu ^§. 
 sur (ki) 7 lu sul-mu a-na sarri beli-ia 8 Asur i^^ Beltu a-na Sarri beli-ia 
 9 lik-ru-bu ina muhhi i?^gusureP^- 10 sa sarru is-pur-an-ni 
 
 [Several lines broken away.] 
 
 REVERSE. 
 [Several lines broken away.] 
 
 1 2 a-dan-nis 3 u-ma-ni-e 4 ma-a-du i?" gug^^j-g pi. 
 
 5 lib-bu sa sarri beli-ia 6 lu-u tab 
 
 RM 2, 459. 
 
 1 [A-na] sarri beli-i[a] 2 [ardu]-ka ™ Tabu-sil-E[sarra] 3 [l]u sul-mu a-na 
 
 sarri beli-[ia] 4 Asur i^" Beltu a-na sarri b[eli-ia] 5 lik-ru-bu ina muhhi 
 
 isu [gusure P'-] 6 sa sarru be-ili is-pur-a[n-ni] 7 ma-a su-pur lis-da-du 
 
 8 a-du la-a sarru be-ili 9 u-ta-si 
 
 [Several lines broken away.] 
 
 RM 2, 462. 
 
 1 [A-na sarri beli-a] 2 ardu-ka °iAsur-dur-pa-ni-[a] 3 lu-u sul-mu 
 a-na sarri beli-a 4 istu muhhi ^ Abu-ul-i-di 5 ameiu mutir pu-te ™^t" Kal- 
 
 da-a-a 6 sa sarru beli is-pur-an-ni 7 ma-[a] su 
 
 [Several lines broken away.] 
 
 RM 2, 463. 
 
 1 A-na sarri be-ili-ia 2 ardu-ka ™ Samas-emur-an-ni 3 lu-u sul-mu a-na 
 sarri beli-ia 4 sul-mu a-na ^^^ Hal-su 5 sa sarru be-ili is-pur-an-ni 6 ma-a 
 50 ameiu Kur-ra-a-a 7 50 amsiu I-tu-'-a-a 8 ina a'u Sa-ba-ha-ni 9 sup-ru 
 
 a-sap-ra 10 ameiu ^ahe Pi- sa ameiu rab-bi-lul 11 sa ina libbi 12 la 
 
 i 13 la-u 14 [m]i-nu 15 be-ili 16 lis 
 
 pa-r[u] 
 
Tke Letters of the E** 2. Collection. U 
 
 RM 2, 464. 
 
 OBVERSE. 
 [Several lines broken away.] 
 
 1 2 ina umi 18 t^a^] ga 3 al" Kar-™ gar- 
 
 ukia 4 a-na massarati p^- gab 5 sul-mu am§iu }jazan[ate] 6 sa 
 
 bat-ti-bat-ti-e-a sul-mu 7 i-sa-al-lu ina muhhi te-e-[mu] 8 sa ™ Lu- 
 
 tu-u su-u-tu 9 ™ As-pa-ba-ra ina ^^^ Ha-ri-pa 10 ka-ra-bu i-sa-ha ia-si 11 
 u-pu-su ameiu sahe P^- sa a-ha-ia-si 12 i-du-u-ku ina muh^i ™ Up-pi-te 13 
 am§lu ^azanu sa ^lu XJr-ia-ku 14 sa pa-tu-u-ni 15 sa a-na sarri beli-a 16 
 a-ka-bu-u-ni 
 
 REVERSE. 
 
 1 ki-i a-na-ku ina pa-ni-t[u-su] 2 al-lik-an-ni su-u-tu 3 a-na mStu gg,- 
 ma§-da ih-tal-ka 4 ^ ii^ Nabu-lal-an-ni ameiu NA 5 sa sarru i-si-mi su-u-tu 
 6 °i U-ak-sa-tar i-sa-ap-ru 7 is-sab-tu-ni-su 4 am§iu maraniP^-su 8 is-si-e-su 
 ina libbi umu 9 sa a-na-ku a-na alu Kar-"^ Sar-ukin 10 e-ru-bu-u-ni ina 
 
 mulihi ™ Ra-ma i 11 a-sa-ap-ra sum-ku-un 12 se-bi-la ki-ma is- 
 
 sa 13 na-su-u-ni a-na 
 
 [Several lines broken away.] 
 
 NOTES. 
 RM 2, 1. 
 
 Obverse 1. 4. — The sign muh may be read either eli or muhhi. It is 
 usually read e 1 i except where a phonetic complement makes this impossible. I 
 think in the letters that it should everywhere be read muhhi. The reason is, 
 that it is frequently found written m u h - Ij i , both by itself and before pronominal 
 suffixes.i It may be a question whether we have here syllabic writing, or an 
 ideogram and phonetic complement. So far as I know, it is never written with any 
 other phonetic complement which would indicate the reading eli; nor is e 1 i 
 found written syllabically in the letters, k a -1 i - i a occurs in this letter in two 
 other forms, ka-li-e, 1. 20, and the fullest form, ka-Ii-ia-u, Is. 6, 19, rev. 12. 
 u at the end can not be a separate word, cf . 1. 19, A word k a 1 n=priest, is given 
 by Zimmern, BB. (p. 28, note 2), which is not suitable here. Delitzsch, Heb. Lang. 
 p. 25, gives the word kalil, vessel synonym of unutu, Hebrew ♦'^3 , without 
 
 1 For muh-hi, by itself, cf. K. 503:11, K. 981: rev. 6,LK.3i; K. 493:5, LK.3; Sm. 1034:7, 
 BAS.,1., 3, p. 614; K. 1025 -A, LK. 159; K. 505 : 6, Z-BT. 166 ; K. 575: rev. 10, LK. 177; K. 1058: 4, 
 LK. 183; K. 1000:5, LK. 188; K. 332: rev. 21, LK. 333; K. 1034: rev. 7, LK. 38; K. 1304, 
 rev. 4, 1/iT. 29; K. 174: rev. 9, LK.53; K. 687:13, LK. 57. For muh-hi-ia, cf . K. 507:13, LK. 
 88; K. 526:10. K. 498:6, K. 503:5, LK. 125; K. 686:6, 8, I/BT. 173; K. 663: 15, LK. 311 (a peculiar 
 form); R-^. 3, 11: rev. 4 (muh-hi-a); K. 5466: rev. 8, LK. 99. For muh-hi-su, R"". 3, 6:10, 
 K. 530:10, 15, 1/K". 158. For muh-hi-su-nu , cf. K. 583:30, 1/JST. 167; K. 679: rev. 10, JLfi". 313. 
 
 *5 
 
12 Hebraica. 
 
 examples. In his Handworterbuch he omits kalu, giving only kalutu in this 
 sense. I accept Delitzsch's derivation here, giving a broad meaning, as in 
 Hebrew. The general meaning, preparation for war, or for march, is very appro- 
 priate here. For a similar meaning in Hebrew, of. Jer. 46:19. One may take 
 i a - u as equivalent to i u , ^ which might have been still further contracted to 
 kalu. The other forms of the word then give no diflSculty; ka-li-ia is the 
 accusative, k a - li - e the genitive. 
 
 1. 5. It is interesting to note the separation between the wedges of the first 
 character. It is undoubtedly to be read i § t u . 
 
 1. 6. The character a is intended to do double duty. The scribe meant to 
 say ma- a a-ta-a. Such things are common in the letters.^ la-su. The form is 
 1 a s u- This is the usual form in the letters , contracted from la isi, or la isu 
 of the historical inscriptions, la isi uncoatrac ted occurs rarely in the letters.* 
 On the other hand, lasu sometimes occurs in the historical inscriptions. ^ The 
 writing in the letters varies much.6 
 
 1. 7. mutir pu-te — The meaning and various writings of this word have 
 been discussed by Delitzsch.'^ 
 
 1.8. i-li-kan-a-ni. A peculiar writing=ilikani ; cf. also 1. 21 below. 
 Like tab-rat-a-ti, cf. BQ., § 23 note. IT r z u h i n a .— Delitzsch § correctly 
 identifies this form with the more common A r z u ^ i n a . It is interesting to note 
 it in this letter as the usual form, occurring here and in Is. 18, 23, and rev. 8, 81, 
 while Arzuljina occurs once, in rev. 5. 
 
 1.9. It seems evident that na is simply omitted by the scribe. There is 
 no break in the text. Such omissions are not uncommon in the letters. 
 
 1. 9, imgru k u - di n . For the reading and meaning of this word, cf . Zehn- 
 pfund, BAS., I, 2, p. 505, note, where references to other passages are given. 
 
 1.11. i-sa-bat must be taken as a Pres. This fact shows that the par- 
 allel i-ta-lak, 1. 13, is probably to be considered a Pres., although the Pret. 
 has the same form. 
 
 1. 14. The most probable conjecture for the break would be u - d a , which 
 is often found in places like this, cf . rev. 4. But that does not suit the portion 
 which is legible. 
 
 1. 15. The break does not seem sufficiently large for any more than I have 
 supplied. Dur-Ta-li-ti = wall of nativity, an interesting name for a city. 
 
 2 For a similar form cf. lu-sar-bi-ia-u, K. 575: 7, LK. 177, the usual form of which is 
 lu-sar-bl-u, K. 510:12, JLJS:. 113; K.53S:13, LK. 114, etc. 
 
 3 Cf. K. 490:7, LK. 18, ma-a-na = ma-a a-na. 
 * Cf. R". 2, 4: rev. 5. 
 
 6Cf. la-as-su, TP. 7:25. 
 
 «The most frequent writing is la-as-su; K. 183: rev. 17, LE". 2 ; K. 186: rev. 17, LK. 322; 
 K. 522:13, LK. 31; K. 657: 9, I/ET. 102; K. 903: rev. 4, LK. 124; K. 491:9, LK. 122, etc. Also 
 la-a-as-su, R-". 2, 11:8; la-a-su, R"". 2, 11:5; for la-su, cf. also rev. 20 below. 
 
 T Cf. BAS., 1. 1. p. 203. 
 
 8 BAS., 1. 1. pp. 206-7. 
 
The Letters of the K^' 2. Collection. 13 
 
 1,19. ka-li-ia-u a-na ka-li-e means evidently, provision in abundance.^ 
 
 1. 22. bid. Occurs frequently in the letters and is practically equivalent to 
 ki, as, when, cf. BAS., I., 1. p. 205-6. 
 
 Eeverse 1. 7. — k a r i r u n i, Perm, from "T^^. This root occurs several times, 
 chiefly in the letters.io S. A. Smith, PSBA., 1886-7, p. 246, gives the meaning 
 repair. Delitzsch BAS., I., 2, p. 616, gives einreissen, niederreissen. Neither suits 
 all the passages. Here the word seems to have a passive meaning, is situated. Its 
 subject apparently is Arzu^ina. 
 
 1.7. mar-di-tu. A good ^-formation with fem. ending from n"11 ? 
 to tread, march, exactly like m ar s i t u , possession, etc. It would then seem that 
 it should mean either march, or way, road. 1 prefer the latter. 
 
 1. 9. u - m a - m e , wild beasts, furnishes a key to the thought here. 
 
 1. 10. ta-da-in. If this were tudain, it would suggest a II. 1. form 
 from a root pi, or pi, cf. the common form uka'in, but this form would 
 naturally be I. 1. The root is perhaps ?U, nadanu, to give. The form 
 da- in is then for din, a form comparatively common in the letters. It can 
 hardly be called an irregularity ; it is more correct to say that the letters do not 
 demand that a vowel be always followed by the same vowel. For a noun, 
 tada,n\i=gift, cf. BAS., I., 1, p. 232. Note the very unusual division of a word 
 at the end of a line. 
 
 1. 11. si-kun. I am disposed to regard this as a Perm, from sakanu. 
 It is a bad form, but it is not without analogy .n 
 
 1. 17. We see here an extension of the use of determinatives beyond that 
 found in the historical inscriptions, but precisely similar to that found in the 
 Tel el-Amama tablets. Other examples may be given.i2 
 
 1. 18. cf. Asurnasirpal, 2:33, 34. 
 
 1. 20. u-ta -si-si from J^^") II., 2 might possibly be taken as a quadrilit- 
 eral formed by reduplication of the last radical, cf. DO., § 117, 2) a). It is better, 
 however, to regard it as a simple repetition of the last sign by the scribe. 
 
 » For a similar expression, cf. sepu ana sepi, K. 14, rev. 13, i^. 42. 
 
 "The passages known to me are these, ka-ri-ru-u-ni, K. 5466: rev. 8, X.K'. 99; karru 
 Ep.Y,788; ka-ra-ri, K. 494:5, LK.19; Sm. 1034:12; li-ik-ru-ur, Sm. 1034:18; li-ik-ru-ra, 
 K. 494:12, LK. 19; ik-ta-ra-ar, K. 122: rev. 13, LK. 43; ak-ta-ra-ra, K. 655: rev. 5, 
 LK. 132. 
 
 '1 Cf. The Permansive forms given in Bezold, Oriental Diplomacy p. XXIX, thus, pabat, 
 sihir, sulmat, and similar forms. Cf . also ZA., V. pp. 13-21. This form is parallel to 
 sihir as qatul to qatil, cf. DG., § 89 and also ZA.,Y. p. 9, note 3. Another unusual form 
 of permansive in the letters which may be cited is ta-ra-bu, R-". 2, 464 : 10, like sab at. Cf. 
 also, outside of the letters, ni-bu-u, TP. 1:35, Iji-bir, etc. 
 
 12 Cf. (amglu) maru, K. 617:15, LK. 208 (in contrast with 1. 11, where amglu is not found). 
 Also amelu ardu , K. 122:6, LK. iB; K. 939a: 6, LK. i6; K. 604:13, LK.U; K. 618:14, LK.9; 
 (amelu) ardani, K. 596:7, 18, 20, 22, 26, rev. 3, 12, 19. LS". 190: K. 617: rev. 14, LK:. 208: K. 679: 
 rev. 6, LK. 312 ; K. 10ti2: rev. 7, LK. 216; K. 507: rev. 21, LK. 88. Cf. also the plural sign with 
 amelu pi., amelu samiiti K. 5466: rev. 13, LK". 99. All these uses have their parallels in the 
 Tel el-Amarna tablets, cf . Bezold, Oriental Diplomacy, p. XVI. 
 
 /' '' or THE 
 
 I UNIVERSITY 
 
 ) 
 
14 Hebraica. 
 
 1. 20. m e - m e . — n i is evidently omitted by the scribe. 
 
 1, 20. The reading given for this line is confirmed by passages closely 
 parallel. 13 
 
 1. 23. b a is probably a mistake of the scribe, and is to be considered 
 as erased. 
 
 1. 25. p a - r i - s u - u - 1 e . From r")£3 =probably judgesM 
 
 1. 27. nagir, undoubtedly so to be read, although it is actually the sign for 
 niru, yoke. 
 
 1. 28. up-ta-at-Jiu-ru, II. 2 Pret. of. pa^aru, with doubled t, cf. DG?., 
 1 83, note, h u r u is for the usual h i r u.^^ 
 
 1. 28. ku-bu, cf. K. 485, rev. 13, LE. 112. Probably this is kubbu 
 
 (NOp) en/. 
 
 1. 30. a-nu-§im. The word is a very common one in the letters. 
 Usually written a n -n u - s i m , yet several times a - n u - § i m . 
 
 1. 31. ka-an-ni. Taken up both by S. A. Smith, and Delitzsch in BAS., 
 II., 1. p. 60. Smith derives it from n.3p ^ '"-^sf. Delitzsch takes it from the 
 root nip 5 making it pi. of k u , but gives no translation. iN'either can be con- 
 sidered entirely correct. The writing in this passage renders it improbable that 
 it is from pj^p . I ofEer no derivation, but I think the meaning is reasonably 
 certain. It has a meaning and usage very similar to put, i. e. entrance, side. 
 The way in which it is used with names of countries, and, in this passage, of a 
 city, shows this, cf. R-". 2, 2:10, with R''\ 2, 3 : rev. 1. 
 
 13 Cf. R". 2, 4: rev. 1-5, and R™. 3, 11: 3-5, especially 5. 
 
 14 Distinguish this word from (a mglu) par-ri-su, In K. 617 : 17, iS". 306. 
 
 1* Many roots are found which have a different ultimate vowel in the letters from that 
 which had been known elsewhere. This occurs chiefly in the I., 1. Preterite. Some cases occur 
 in the historical inscriptions, and have usually been classed as irregularities. Some of these 
 occur so frequently in the same form in the letters that they can not be considered simply mis- 
 takes, but show a current, although it may be colloquial, form. Together with this, it is true, 
 there is much variation in vowels in the letters which may be ascribed simply to careless- 
 ness and inaccuracy. Some examples of verbal forms found with an ultimate vowel in the 
 letters different from the usual one elsewhere are the following : iS-ka-nu-u-ni, K. 14: 
 rev. 3, LK. 43, 1., 1. pret. for iSkununi; i-sa-ku-nu, K. 14: rev. 14, 1/lT. 43, 1., 1. Pret. or 
 Pres., either for iSkunu, or iSdkanu ; cf. also, for the Pret. i§-ka-nu-ni, Asurn., 3:83 
 (where Winckler writes "sic 1"), and ni-is-kan, Bezold, Orient. Dipl.,p. 112; e-pa-Si, K. 691: 
 rev. 5, LK.ib. I., 1, Inf. and e-pa-as-u-ni, K. 691: rev. 8, LK. 45, I., 1. Pret. or Pres. instead of 
 the usual epe si, and epusuni or eppusuni. Cf. also, for this infinitive epase, K. 578: 9, 
 Smith, 48urb. Ill, p. 36 and for the Pret. or Pres. e-pa-Su, ASurn. Mon.,1. 55, e-pa-Su-ni, K. 
 657 : rev. 9, LK. 103 ; cf . also, e - p a - a s , K. 686 : 12, LK. 173 ; K. 577 : 18, LK.203; K. 657 : rev. 6, LK. 
 103, and ip -pa- as, K. 617 : rev. 23, 1/S". 308. Insteadof erub. I.,l. Pret. we have e-ra-ab, K. 
 113: rev. 3, lilT. 183; e-ra-bu-u-nu, K. 5488:4, iff. 139. Instead of i§pur I., 1, Pret., we have 
 lls-pa-ru-u-ni, K. 1013: rev. 16, iK". 170, is-pa-ru-nis-Su, K. 530:31, 1/S". 158. It is notice, 
 able that the examples given show a predominance of a instead of the usual u. For a different 
 vocalization, in other places, in verbal forms cf. the following: instead of idabub, or 
 idibub, I., 1. Pres., we have frequently idubub ; cf. 1-du-bu-bu, K. 625: rev. 8, LK. 131; 
 Id-du-bu-ub, K. 530:14, LK:.158; ad-du-bu-ub, K. 617: 13, iST. 208; forittadin, I., 2. 
 ittidin, cf. in various forms, K. 113 : rev. 2, 1-li:. 323; K. 582: rev. 6, iS". 167; K. 619:13, !/£:. 174; 
 K. 541: rev. 3, LK. 207, etc. Many other examples of both these classes could be given. In con - 
 nection with them, cf . Bezold, Orient. Dipt. p. XXXVI. 
 
The Letters of the R^' 2. Collection. 15 
 
 RM 2, 2. 
 
 Obverse. — 1. 1. d u p p u. Very few letters begin in any but the stereotyped 
 way, which is so familiar that it need not be mentioned. This is one of the most 
 informal, not to say brusque. The beginning with dupp u is found in but few 
 letters. 1 It would seem that there was some special reason for its employment. 
 That of Bezold2 seems very probable, that it was the way in which the scribes, 
 who arranged the letters in the royal libraries, commenced those of which the 
 beginning had been lost, or badly mutilated. A fact tending to confirm this view 
 is that duppu here is followed by the expression a-na-ka, instead of the 
 almost universal third person, and in K. 1396 duppu is followed in the same 
 way by a-na ka-a-si. 
 
 1.2. ameiu nagir biti. Cf. ameiunagir ekalli, K. 485: 1, LK. 112. 
 
 1.3. a-na-ka. The independent form of the pronoun is generally used, 
 with the ordinary prepositions, including a n a .3 With some longer prepositions 
 the suflax is used, thus with mu^^i, panatu, mahri, Iibbi,battubatti,* 
 etc. The use here of a-na-ka is exceptional. 
 
 1. 5. It is a peculiarity very characteristic of the letters that the ending a - a , 
 which is properly the Gentilic ending, has become commonly used with ordinary 
 names of cities and countries. This usage is so very common that examples need 
 not be given. 
 
 1.6. e-muk-ki-§u, his soldiers. The writing e-muk-ki, instead of 
 e - m u - k i , is quite common. 
 
 1.7. kar-ka-te-e. Cf. -4.T. 4208. I think it is certainly to be read as 
 one word and is an adjective modifying e m u k e . Its meaning would then be 
 something lils.e strong, mighty. U-a-si occurs in the same form in 1. 14 and 
 in the form U-e-ai, an interesting variation, in R"" 2, 3 : rev. 6. Both forms 
 occur elsewhere.5 
 
 1. 10. ka-ni. This passage is quoted by Delitzsch in the passage above 
 cited. 
 
 1. 15. u h - h u - r u . Erom root inj^n used often as a technical astronomical 
 term ; cf. Del. HWB. p. 44, Jensen, Kosmologie. It has a non-technical use, 
 however, as is evident from this passage. This letter is not dealing with astron- 
 omy, or astrology. Its natural meaning would be, to he behind, to delay. This is 
 preterite, instead of the usual uh^ir, and ilakuni follows it in the present. 
 It is then to be translated, " the prefects have delayed in going." It may, how- 
 ever, have a semi-technical meaning, "took observations." 
 
 1 Cf. K. 1396, LK. 185 ; K. 831, LK. 214 ; K. 1239, LK. 219. 
 
 a Die Thontafelsammlungeyi dea British Museum, p. 17. » 
 
 3 Cf . DG., p. 131, § 55, 1 b). 
 
 4 Cf . DG., § 81, b). 
 
 5 Cf. U-a-a-8i; K. 5464 : 37 and probably rev. 4, 1/K". 198. U-e-si, K. 5464 : rev. 2. Cf. also 
 PSBA., Nov. 5, 1895, 234. K. 6464 presents an interesting parallel with the present letter on sev- 
 eral other points. 
 
16 Hebraica. 
 
 Keverse. — 1. 4. sa la pi-i. Cf . K. 1187 : 5, LK. 217. Literally, what is 
 not the mouth of the king my lord,=^'- what the king my lord has not commanded." 
 
 1.6. ti is probably to be supplied, as omitted by the carelessness of the 
 scribe. 
 
 1. 7. 1 u la. An emphatic negative. Not common, but occurring several 
 
 times in the letters, me-me-ni la form a usual combination, = 
 
 " not at alV Cf. BAS., I., 1., p. 217. 
 
 1.9. ak-tal-su-u from kalu. Cf. J)G.,§39. 
 
 1.11. a-ki-e. Probably equivalent to a-ki-i preposition or conjunction, 
 meaning as. Cf. HWB., p. 52. 
 
 RM 2, 3. 
 
 Obverse. — 1. 4. The use of determinatives here is a question which admits 
 of discussion. Bezold claimsi in a case similar, but without the a m e 1 u , that 
 sabe is a determinative. The use of amelu here renders that supposition 
 improbable. In E" 2, 7 : 5 there is more probability that the sabe is a deter- 
 minative. 
 
 1.8. u-ta-me-su. II., 2, from tJ^^J, the root from which at turn us is 
 the most common form. This root occurs quite frequently in the letters. 2 The 
 meaning set out, depart, usually given to attumus, suits all the cases. A 
 recognition of this root, outside of the form attumus permits the correction of 
 Delitzsch's transliteration and translation in two letters. Thus in K. 526 : 14, I 
 read u-ta-mil-u-ni instead of his u-ta-rid-u-ni^, giving a much better 
 meaning, and showing the same form which occurs in our present letter. Again 
 in K. 146 : 10, LK. 192, instead of Delitzsch's difficult sam-na mu-su,* I read 
 u - n a - m u - s u , making that part of the letter perfectly clear, with the following 
 translation for Is. 9 and 10, the twenty-eighth day they remained there, on the twenty- 
 ninth day they (or 1) departed. The form in this last case is unammus, where 
 usually we have u nam mas, but this variation is sufficiently common to cause 
 trouble. S. A. Smith and Strassmaier (cf . references quoted by Delitzsch) had no 
 doubt given the correct transliteration, but had failed to give the right con- 
 nection of words and interpretation. 
 
 1. 9. a-sa-ap-pu-su. Some animal, evidently an animal for riding, proba- 
 bly some kind of horse. I read withp rather than b on account of E" 2, 8 : rev. 1, 
 where sap-pa is preceded and followed by bit-hal-li, and is prob- 
 ably the same word as this. A - z a p - p u would be equally good. 
 
 1 Cf. Or. Dipl. XVI. § 7. (c). 
 
 2 Besides the forms given in the glossary to these letters, cf. u-na-mas-u-ni K. 1170:10, 
 11, LK. 147; and u-ta-me-si, K. 621, U (unpublished); cf, also, BOD., p. 101. 
 
 3 Cf. BAS., I., 1, p. 203-4. Here S. A. Smith had previously read u-ta-lak-u-ni, Assyrian 
 Letters, part III., p. 23. 
 
 4 Cf . BAS., I., 1, p. 204-5. 
 
( UNIVERSITY ) 
 \ Of J 
 
 The Letters of the R" 2. Collection. ^**»-".-. .-.->= ■-" ^7 
 
 Reverse. — 1. 7. u-di- na . I accept here the meaning given by Johns,i as 
 yet, with negative, not yet. I would connect it closely with Heb. Tj^, at which 
 derivation he only hints. The ending is the adverbial ending. 
 
 RM 2, 4. 
 
 Obverse. — 1. 6. da-gil-issureP^-. For the form as a compound word, cf . 
 Del. BAS., I., 1, p. 219. K. 572 : 9, LK. 23, shows that this was a regular court 
 officer, and that the whole word is plural. That it means a diviner is self-evident. 
 Our word augur, the Latin augur, and the Greek oluvS/xavTig testify to the same 
 custom among the Romans and Greeks. 
 
 1.10. lu-uk-ta-ti-ni, is probably from the root kenu (H^) to stand. 
 
 Such a meaning is required by the context. The stem is J^sxAil , for which cf . 
 the similar forms given by Bezold^ ; cf . also DG. § 83, note. 
 
 Reverse. — 1. 3. It is very evident that the signs which I have left untrans- 
 literated in Is. 3 and 5 and the whole of 1. 6, have been erased. The meaning is 
 complete without them. 
 
 1. 5. la i - s i - i . As already noted, this form written separately, is compar- 
 atively rare in the letters. 
 
 1.9. ur-ki-ia-u. Cf. Del., ^W^S., p. 243. 
 
 1. 12. am-me-ia-u. Probably equals ammu this, the not very com- 
 mon masc. singular of the word frequently occurring in the letters as a m m a t i 
 in the fem. plur. and am mute in the masc. pi. This word is much more com- 
 mon than generally supposed. It occurs several times in the Tel el-Amarna 
 tablets.3 It is very common in the Assyrian letters.* I am inclined to favor the 
 view of Bezold that it is simply another form of a n n u , n being changed to m. 
 
 Rm 2, 5. 
 
 Obverse. — 1 8. us-su-ru. A good imperative form. It, however, looks 
 like a plural where a singular is needed. It may possibly be a plural, being a 
 command addressed to the present scribe and those associated with him. It may 
 be an instance of the overhanging vowels which are used in the Letters, in 
 accordance with laws not yet fully determined. 
 
 1. 9. mar . Probably an ideogram the reading of which is uncertain. The 
 meaning, however, from this and other passages,^ is reasonably certain, viz., 
 time, with istu , from the tim/e that. 
 
 1 Cf. FSB A, Nov. 5, 1895, 228 sq. 
 
 2 Cf . Or. Dipl. p. XXXVII, § 29. 
 
 3 Cf . Or. Dipl. p. XX and 76. 
 
 4 Cf. masc. pi. am-mu-te, or am-mu-ti, K. n2:ll, LK. 233; K. 1013: rev. 9, LK. ITO; 
 K. 472:12, LET. 17; K. 490: rev. 7, LK. 18. Fem. pi. am-ma-te, or am-ma-ti, K. 663:13, LK. 
 211, and other examples. 
 
 6 For passages In which the same expression occurs cf. K. 653: rev. 10, LK. 154, and K. 662: 15, 
 LK.2U. 
 
18 Hebraica. 
 
 Eeverse. — 1.2. an-nu-ri. An interesting form. From its use, it cer- 
 tainly has the same meaning as annusim. This is shown by the way in which 
 it stands here, preceded by u m a , and by the context in other passages in which 
 it occurs.i Two possibilities present themselves. This may be an independent 
 word, possibly related, having the same meaning as annusim; or it may be 
 that we are to give r i a new value § i m . 
 
 Is. 5-6. The expression used in these two lines seems to be stereotyped; cf. 
 very similar expressions elsewhere.2 
 
 Rm 2, 6. 
 
 Reverse. — 1. 2. Nu-ka-al is found elsewhere. Cf. nu-ka-la, K. 
 1039 : 11, 12, which is probably from the root k a 1 u (n'^3) = io delay. This may 
 be a different root. 
 
 1. 10. The meaning either oi- has usually been given to 1 u 1 u . 
 
 Cf. DG. I 82 and Del., Prol., p. 135. It may be questioned, however, whether the 
 
 meaning both and is not more suitable here. Cf. also other places where 
 
 it is found.3 A new usage is the expression used in the letters gumma 
 
 s u m m a , meaning whether or. 
 
 1.14. mu-gir-ri. This word is not given in Dq\. HWB. A synonym of 
 narkabtu, as is shown here by the determinative isu and by the context. 
 
 From Tljl, a chariot, as being that which runs. The form is perhaps Jk_x_&__>o 
 
 but more probably JJLftxi with transition of a to i. 
 
 Rm 2, 7. 
 
 1. 7. Na-sa, occurs in another form in R". 2, 11, and R". 2, 464, where it 
 will be discussed. 
 
 Rm 2, 8. 
 
 Obverse. — 1. 4. a-dan-nis. Entirely untenable are the derivations of 
 Delitzsch from "1^4*|4 ; of Zimmern, from 7"y}<i5, and of Jensen from ■1J^4')^, with 
 the meaning, appointed time., like Heb. 1j^1)53. All these make it an adverbial 
 formation from a noun a d a n n u . It is probably from ana dannis, as given 
 by Harper'^. 
 
 iCf.K. 656:11, is-. 92; K. 173 : 11, iET. 221; K. 472 : 7, iET. 17. Cf. also, K. 1170:9, iS:. 147, 
 where we have a-nu-su, and the various forms in the Tel el- Amarna tablets: cf. Bezold, Or. 
 Dipl., pp. xl. and 76. 
 
 ^ Cf . a-na gul-'me sa sarri at-tal-ka, K. 532: rev. 13,14, iS". 109; a-na sul-meina 
 muhhi sar mStu Akkad-a-a it-tal-ku, S^. 181 : rev. 18-19, 1/S^. 197 ; a-na sul-me ina 
 muh-hi-su-ma it-ta-la-ak, K. 181 : rev. 31-22, I/E:. 197. 
 
 3 Cf . K. 1396: 4, LK. 185; K. 113: 6, LK. 223. 
 
 4 HWB., p. 36. 
 
 6 BAS., p. 18 note. He compares Heb. ptX and pN , p. 107. 
 * Kosmologie, p. 414 sqq. 
 
 7 Hebraica, X. 1 and 2, p. 107. 
 
The Letters of the E'*^ 2. Collection. 19 
 
 1. 8. The restoration of this and the following lines is taken from similar 
 phrases which occur elsewhere.^ 
 
 Is. 10-12. This restoration is given chiefly from a combination of two pas- 
 sages. 2 
 
 Eeverse.— 1. 3. For the reading, cf. K. 582 : 5, LK. 167, where the name is 
 also without determinative. The portion of Dur preserved has the form of 
 narkabtu. 
 
 1. 8. For all this passage from Obv. 19 through to the end, cf. K. 1113 and 
 K. 1229, i^. 71, by the same scribe, which presents many parallels. The read- 
 ing of KurPi- as sise here and in Is. 10 and 12, while not very frequent, is 
 well authenticated.^ 
 
 1. 8. a s - s i - k a 1 . For the root, cf . Johns, PSBA., Nov. 5, 1895, p. 234. 
 
 1.10. u-sa-ad-la-ab. Del., HWB., v- 217-8 gives two roots, ^':?-I, 
 neither of which is suitable here. The context, especially ana mini, indicates 
 the meaning, reckoned. 
 
 1.10. la-as-kal. Undoubtedly the same as as-si-kal in 1. 8. This 
 may be a case of unusual syncope. It is, however, more in harmony with the 
 usual custom of the letters to consider the sign s i as omitted by the carelessness 
 of the scribe. 
 
 RM 2, 11. 
 
 Kevekse.— 1. 2. na-su-ni-su. This root has been discussed both by 
 S. A. Smith and by Delitzsch.* Smith compares both Hebrew }«{Vi and HVJ ^ 
 and thinks that this root combines both their meanings hinfluhen and streiten. 
 Passages in which it is found in the letters he translates are K. 359: 5,10; 
 K. 525 : 25 ; K. 582 : 8. 
 
 Delitzsch gives as the root nif J • He, however, thinks it combines the mean- 
 ings herbeieilen and enteilen, entfluhen. In addition to the passages given by 
 Smith, he quotes only K. 186 : 4. Many other examples of its occurrence may be 
 given. 5 A careful comparison of all these makes it probable that the root is 
 J^i^f^ . Its meaning is similar to ^JI^f"| , but in some passages like the present is 
 evidently the transitive, bring out. The hapax legomenon J^^J, Jer. 48:9, is to be 
 
 T 
 
 taken from the same root in Hebrew, if the text of the passage is correct. Johns 
 
 1 For n u m m u r cf . the similar phrase In K. 60 1 : rev. 12, LK. 7. 
 
 ^ Cf. K. 627: 9-11, LK. 115 and K. 499: 9-10, LK. 119. 
 
 « Cf. K. 1113: 7 sqq. and note of Del., BAS. II. 1., pp. 45-6. 
 
 * For S. A. Smith, cf . Die Keilschrifttexte Asurianipals, part II., p. 53. For Delitzsch, BAS., 
 XL, 1, p. 61. 
 
 6Cf. K. 125:9,11, 19, LK. 196; K. 181, rev. 28, LK.Wi; K..5464: rev. 19, iS:. 198; K. 186:4, 
 LK. 222; K. 594: rev. 9, LK.90; K. 686:7, LK.llS; K. 582:8, LK.161; K. 619: rev. 13, iE:. 174; 
 K. 1461: 15, LK. 120 ; K. 594 : rev. 9, LK. 90. 
 
20 Hebraica. 
 
 has given the meaning bring, PSBA., ISTov. 5, 1895, 225, 233, 236 sq. but without 
 comment. 
 
 It is to be noticed that J^i^f J in every case cited is found in the I., 1 perm, 
 with the meaning of the pret. This is one illustration of the fact which has 
 already been noticed,i of the more frequent and varied use of the permansive in 
 the letters than in other inscriptions. Other permansives in connection with 
 preterites occur in the letters.2 
 
 RM 2, 458. 
 
 Letters of the same scribe are found in LK. 87-99. Cf. also BAS., II., 1, p. 
 32 sqq. They show marked similarities. A s u r and B e It u are the gods 
 invoked in all. This letter down to the middle of line 9 is exactly duplicated 
 in K. 656:1-8, LK. 92, and with but slight variation in K. 5466:1-4, LK. 99. K. 
 656 also presents a marked resemblance in subject matter to the present one. 
 
 1.4. For the correctness of the reading ekurrate, cf. the interesting 
 writing e-kur-ra-a-te , K. 1062:7, i^. 216. 
 
 RM 2, 459. 
 
 The general subject of this letter is evidently similar to the preceding. 1. 7 
 bears a marked resemblance to R" 2, 11:2 and suggests the possibility that they 
 may have the same author. 
 
 RM 2, 462. 
 1. 2. For another letter by a scribe with the same name, cf. K. 525.3 
 1. 3. This is an unusual use of istu, where we usually have ina. It is, 
 however, simply a loose use of the ideogram for iltu for other prepositions, 
 such as we have elsewhere, most frequently in Asurnasirpal.* The name of 
 this man is interesting. A father he did not know, is apparently the meaning. 
 
 RM 2, 463. 
 
 1. 9. s u p - r u . Evidently imperative. Apparently singular, since the letter 
 is from one man, and in the next word he makes answer in the sing. The u at 
 the end may be a supernumerary vowel, as in cases previously mentioned. 
 
 RM 2, 464. 
 
 Obverse. — 1. 5. That a plural sign is to be read in the break is rendered 
 probable by the context, especially bat-te-bat-te-e-a round about me. This 
 
 1 ZA., V. 1890, pp. 13-21. 
 
 = Cf.K. 1026:7, iB". 118. 
 
 » Cf. BAS., II., 1, p. 55, sq. 
 
 *Cf. Col. 2: 124 (for itti), Col. 3:39 (for ina). 
 
The Letters of the E" 2. Collection, 21 
 
 word might possibly be read k e p a n i , as Delitzsch has done ;i but the reading I 
 have given is the standard one. Its occurrence in the letters is certain.2 
 
 1. 6. A supernumerary vowel between a word, especially preposition and 
 suflBx, as here, is common in the letters.3 Its significance is doubtful. It may 
 mark a change of tone to that syllable. 
 
 1.7. i-sa-al-lu is probably plural, the subject being hazanate. §ul- 
 m u i s al u = they ask peace, i. e. send greeting. 
 
 1. 10. k a - r a - b u . I think there is no doubt that this is to be considered a 
 perm., as previously remarked, i-sa-^a is probably pres. from HIlD i *o rebel, 
 revolt. 
 
 1. 11. u - p u - s u . Probably a I. 1. pret., first person. The u for e is not sur- 
 prising in the letters. The same form is found elsewhere.* A general meaning, 
 I attended to the matter, may be given here. 
 
 1.14. pa-tu-u-ni. Evidently from Ji^srifi ^ perm. Its reference may be 
 either to the man Uppiti or the city Uriaku. 
 
 1.16. i-ka-bu-u-ni. This is evidently a pres., but it seems to have the 
 force of the pret., because in expressions similar to this the pret. is the form 
 regularly used. 
 
 Keyerse. — 1.4. lam inclined to read U" Nabu-emur-an-ni, the sign 
 SI being omitted by the scribe, or LAL itself having the ideographic value 
 amaru; cf. the names, Samas-emur-an-ni, and Bel-emur-an-ni. 
 
 GLOSSARY. 
 
 u , and, 1: rev. 21 ; 2 : rev. 11 ; 6 : 4 ; 7 : 9 ; 11 : rev. 7. 
 
 abaru HDJ^O, to cross. 1.2. e-tab-ru, 3: 9. 
 
 adi iii*), as far as, until, a-di 1 : 20, rev. 1, 8 ; 2 : 6. a-du, till, 459: 8. 
 
 edu ("If^s), one. edumanu, alone{?), e-du-ma-nu , 11 : 10. 
 
 u - d i - n a (T^J^O, as yet, 3 : rev. 7. 
 
 a^u (^^^^l), brother, ahi-su, 11: 9. ahi-ka, 11: rev. 3. 
 
 a h i s , together, a-hi-ia-si, 1: rev. 14; a-ha-ia-si, 464 : 11. 
 
 a - h u - 1 a m - m a , on that side, 6 : rev. 11. 
 
 aharu ^^^{l), to he behind. II. 1. uh-hu-ru, 2: 15. 
 
 kka,, where ? a-a-ka,2:8. 
 
 1 In K. 507: la, LK. 88, cf. BAS., II., 1. p. 36. 
 
 2 Cf. the writing ha-za-nu, in K. 679 : 4, -L-K". 313. 
 
 »Cf. i-si-e-su, k. 5464 : 31, I-B:. 198 ; i-si-o-a, K.63b: rev. 16, LS:. 168; e-mu-lji-e-Su , 
 K. 5464:38, 39, iK. 198; K.181: rev. 11, iS". 19"; bel-pihate-e- Su, K. 5464 : 14, iST. 198 ; with- 
 out suflBx, cf. a-bi-te-e, K. 939a : 14, iET. 46, and many other cases. Cf. also Bezold, Orieivtal 
 Diplomacy, p. XXIII. 
 
 «Cf. Asurnasirpal, Col. 3: 125; K. 515: rev. 14. 1,JS:. 89. 
 
22 Hebraica. 
 
 aki ii^i), as, like, a-ki, 4: rev. 7. a-ki-e, 2: rev. 11. 
 
 ekaWn, palace, e kal li , 5 : rev. 6. 
 
 ek-avTu , temple. ekurrateP^- (E-KURP^-) 458 : 4. 
 
 i\u i^i^i), God. ilu, determ. 6:42; 8:52,73; 458:82; 459:42. i\[^ q. 
 rev. 10. 
 
 alu, city, alu, determ. 1 : 5,8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 23, rev. 5, 8, 9, 13, 26, 
 31 ; 2:9, 14, rev. 1 ; 3 :7, rev. 6 ; 7 : 7 ; 11: 6 ; 458 : 5 ; 463 : 4, 8 ; 464 : 3, 9, 13, 
 rev. 9. ali-su , 11 : 7. 
 
 ula {^'^')^i), perha2)s. u-la, 6: 7. 
 
 a-li-e, where? 11: rev. 3. 
 
 e 1 u ((!'??<*), to be high. III. 2. u - s e - 1 i , 1 : rev. 29. 
 
 alaku ("I'^J^O, ^0 g'o. I. 1. Pret. i-li-kan-a-ni, 1 : 8, 21. i-lik-an-ni, 
 2: rev. 9. il-li-kam-ma, 11: rev. 4. al-lik-an-ni, 464: rev. 2. I. 1. 
 Pres. i-lak, 2 : 7, 14. i-la-ku-u-ni, 2 : 15. il-lak, 3 : rev. 7. il-la-ka, 
 5 : rev. 4. al-lak, 5 : rev. 6. I. 2. i-ta-lak,l:13. i-tal-ku-u-ni,2:ll. 
 it-tal-ku, 11: 7. 
 
 ellu {V?i^^) bright, S: 7. 
 
 u m a , now. u-ma-a, 1: 21; 4: rev. 7 ; 5 : rev. 1. 
 
 amelu ibDii), officer, determ. 1 : 7, rev. 15, 17, 18, 22, 25, 27, 302 ; 2 : 2, 6, 
 9, 10, 15 ; 3 : 4, 52, 6, 13, rev. 2 ; 4 : 5, 6, 12, rev. 9 ; 5 : 5 ; 6 : 14, rev. 9, 11 ; 11 : 
 rev. 7 ; 462 : 5 ; 463 : 6, 7, IO2 ; 464 : 5, 11, 13, rev. 4, 7 ; a-me-li, 6 : 8. 
 
 am-me-ia-u, this, 4:: rev. 12. 
 
 umamu (DD^^), beast, u-ma-me, 1: rev. 9. 
 
 u m m a n u , people, u-ma-ni-e, 458 : rev. 3. 
 
 emeku (pOJ^*), to be deep, emuku, warriors, amelu e-muk-ki-su, 
 2: 6. 
 
 amaru (^lOKO, to see. 1. 1. e-mu-ru-su, 11: 5. 
 
 imeru ("IDNO? animal, determ. 1 : 9, 11, 16, 19, 24 ; 3:9, 
 
 ina, w. in a, 1 : 4, 10, 11, 12, 19, 23, 24, rev. 6, 13, 15, 17, 18, 28, 31 ; 2 : 
 12, 14, rev. 1, 6 ; 3 : 11, rev. 6 ; 4 : 5, 9, rev. 10 ; 5 : 4, rev. 6 ; 6 : 7, 9, 10 ; 7 : 7 ; 
 11: 4, 7, 10, rev. 4, 8 ; 458:9; 459:5; 463: 8; 464: 2, 7, 9, 12, rev. 1, 8, 10. 
 i-[na], 1: 9. 
 
 a n a , fo. a- n a , 1 : 1, 3, 8, 13, 20, rev. 9 ; 2 : 2 ; 3 : 1, 3, 7 ; 4 : 1, 4, rev. 13 ; 
 5 : 1, 3, rev. 5 ; 6 : 1, 3, 5, rev. 1, 3 ; 7 : 1, 3 ; 8 : 1, 3, 6, 15, 16, 17, rev. 9 ; 11 : 6 ; 
 458 : 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ; 459 : [1], 3, 4 ; 462 : [1], 3 ; 463 : 1, 3, 4 ; 464 : 4, 15, rev. 3, 
 9,13. a-na-ka, 2: 3. 
 
 an-ni-u, this, 2: rev. 11 ; 6 : rev. 7 ; 8: rev. 4. an-ni-[u], 8: rev. 6. 
 
 anaku C^JNO, /• a-na-ku, 1 : 23 ; 464 : rev. 1, 9. 
 
 a n - n u - r i , just now, 5 : rev. 2. 
 
 annusim, just now. a-nu-sim, 1, rev. 30; an-nu-sim, 11: rev. 5. 
 
 is-si-e-§u ii^i), toith him, 4iQ4: rev. 8. 
 
The Letters of the E^ 2. Collection. 23 
 
 eTpesu i^i^^i) to doimake. I. 1. e -pu- su , 2 : 12, rev. 2. e-pu-su-ni, 
 2: rev. 10. [e]-pu-su, 8: rev. 6. u-pu-su, 464: 11. I. 2. e-tap-§a, 2: 
 rev. 10. 
 
 isu {^^i4), tree, isu, determ. 1: rev. 6 ; 6 : 9, rev. 4, 14; 458: 9, rev. 4 ; 
 459: 5. 
 
 asappu, probably some kind of horse, imeru a-sap-pu-su, 3: 9; [a]- 
 sap-pa, 8: rev. 1. 
 
 erebu {^"IXo), to enter. I. 1. e-ru-bu-u-ni, 464: rev. 10. I. 2. e-tar- 
 bu-u-ni , 8 : rev. 5. 
 
 ardu, serva7it. ardu-ka, 1:2; 3:2; 4:2; 5:2; 6:2; 7:2; 8:2; 
 458 : 2 ; 459 : 2 ; 462 : 2 ; 463 : 2. 
 
 uru (n")KOi stall, u-ru-u, 1: 15, 16. 
 
 asirti (bit ali), sanctuary, 2 : 12. 
 
 istn, from, istu, 1: 5, 7, 18, rev. 8; 4 : 6, 12, rev. 4; 5: 9; 6: rev. 3; 
 7 ; 12 ; 462 : 4. 
 
 itti (i^i), loith. it-[ti]-su, 2: rev. 6. 
 
 at a (nn?^)» now. a-ta-a, 1: 6; 6: rev. 12. 
 
 eteku (pilKO, to inarch. I. 1. e-ti-ik, 6? 8. I. 2. i-ta-ta-ka, 4: 
 rev. 14. 
 
 i-tu-uk-tu, 1: rev. 19. 
 
 bitu (n^2), house, bit, 1: rev. 27, 30. 
 
 belu ('7^<0), lord. he-iU {my lord, nom). 1 : 4, 14, 22, rev. 4, 10, 16, 21, 
 31; 4:7; 5:6, 9; 8: rev. 11, 13 ; 11:1; 459:6,8; 463:5. beli {my lord, 
 nom.) 4 : rev. 8 ; 462: 6. be-li {my lord, nom.) 6 : 6, 11, rev. 6. beli-ia {my 
 lord, gen.) 1 : 1, 3, rev. 31 ; 4 : 1, 4 ; 6 : 1, 3, 5, rev. 15 ; 458 : 1, 7, 8, rev. 5 ; 459 : 
 1, 3, [4]; 463: 3. beli -a (gen.) 5: 1, 3; 11: rev. 5 ; 462 : [1], 3; 464: 15. 
 be-ili-ia (gen.)3; [1], 3 ; 8: 1, 3, 6, 9, [11], [12] ; 463:1. be-ili-a,l: rev. 
 10 and 11. amglu })^\ pihati, prefect. 2: 9,10; 3: 6,13. amSlu ^g] 
 pibateP^-,2: 15. 
 
 bi-rit, among, hetween, 6: 7, 15. 
 
 bid, as, ivhen. bid, 1 : 22. 
 
 b i t h a 1 1 u , riding horse, bit-hal-li, 8: 19, rev. 2. 
 
 bat-te-bat-te-e-a, round about me, -iQi : 6. 
 
 g a r a r u CnlJ), to run. * ? ^^ m u - g i r - r i , chariot, 6 : rev. 14. 
 gusuru ("IJJ^JI), beam, (isu) gusure ^^-,458: 9, rev. 4 ; 459: [5]. 
 
 dababu (^Dn)' fo speak. I. 1. Pres. i-da-bu-ub , 2: 13; id-da-ab. 
 7: 10. 
 
24 Hebraica. 
 
 dagil-issur i, bird inspector, augur. amelu da-gil-issure P'-, 4: 6, 
 12. 
 
 daku (nil), to kill. I. 1. i-du-u-ku , 464: 12. 
 
 dalabu (^'^l), to reckon {"i) III. 1. u-sa-ad-la-ab , 8: rev. 10. 
 
 dul-lu, business, 2: 11, rev. 2. dul-li, 2: rev. 6. 
 
 a-dan-nis (p"l) very rmtch, S : 4^,458: rev. 2. 
 
 duppu, tablet, duppu, 2: 1. 
 
 abalu {'?^1,), to bring. I. 1. Pres. u-bal-u-ni-su-nu, 1: rev. 30. 
 u-ba-la, 2: rev. 7. I. 1. Pret. lu-u-bi-lu-ni-Su, 11: 3. III. 1. Impv. 
 se-bi-la, 464: rev. 12. 
 
 adu (mi)) ax>point. I. 1. u-da, 1: rev. 4. tu-da, 1: rev. 23. 
 
 asu (KiVD) to go out. I. 1. tu-su-u-ni, 6: 10. I. 2. i-tu-si, 1: 18. 
 II. 2. u-ta-si-si, 1 : rev. 20 ; u-ta-si 4 : rev. 2. setn, end. sa-at,8:17. 
 
 asabu DtrU to dwell. I. 1. Pres. u -lab, 2 : 8, 14. 
 
 urkiu rVy\), later, ur-ki-ia-u, 4: rev. 9. 
 
 zammeru, singer, amelu z ammereP^- 1: rev. 15, 22, 30. 
 zeru {iii~\\)., seed, family, zi-ri-ka, 8: 16. 
 
 hazanu, mayor of city, amglu hazanu (bel ali), 464: 5,13. 
 fealaku {p^r]),to flee. 1.2. ih-tal-ka, 464: rev. 3. 
 
 temu {Qi^i\^), tidings, te-mu, 1: rev. 11. te-[e-mu], 464 : 7. 
 tabu i^"]^), to be good. I.I.Perm, tab , 458 : rev. 6. 
 
 iasi,/. ia-si, 464: 10. 
 
 umu iOV), day. ume (UD -ME) 8 : 17. umu (UD-MU) 8: rev. 4 ; 
 464 : rev. 8. umi (UD), 8 : rev. 15 ; 464 : 2. 
 
 isu itl^''), io be. I. 1. i-su-u-ni, 4: 13. i-si-i,4: rev. 5 ; contracted 
 witb la to lasu; la-su, 1:6, rev. 20; la-a-su, 11: 5; la-a-as-su, 11: 8. 
 
 imeru ku-din, mide, 1: 9,11,16,19,24. 
 
 kanu (p^D), to be firm. II. 1. lu-ki-in-nu, 8: 12. II. 2. lu-uk-ta 
 ti-ni,4:10. ki-e-ni, firm, 8 : 13. 
 
 ki (^3), wheji. ki-i , 1 : 7, 21, rev. 5, 24; 2 : rev. 8 ; 464: rev. 1. 
 
 k i, determ. 2 : rev. 8 ; 7 : 6 ; 458 : 3, 6. 
 
 kalu {'^\^^), to delay, restrain., imprison. 1.2. ak-ta-la, 4; rev. 11; ak' 
 tal-su-u, 2 : rev. 9. 
 
The Letters of the E"" 2. Collection. 25 
 
 kilu i^i'^^), priso7i, restraint. kil-la-§u, 2: rev. 12. 
 kaliu, impedimenta, ka-li-ia, 1: 4. ka-li-ia-u, 1:6, 19, rev. 12. 
 ka-li-e, 1: 20. 
 
 k i m a , like, k i - m a , 6 : 13 ; 464 : rev. 12. 
 
 ka-a-a-ma-ni-u, continual, 8: rev. 9. 
 
 kamutu (HD^)) captivity, kam-mu-su, 11: rev. 1. 
 
 kanasu (tJ^JD), to submit. I, 1. Pres. i-ka-an- nu-su , 6: rev. 16. 
 
 karabu 0"1D), to bless, lik-ru-bu, 6 : 5 ; 8: 6 ; 458 : 9 ; 459 : 5. 
 
 kar-ka-te-e, mighty {"l) 2: 7. 
 
 ^?Lr2LXu['y^'2), to be situated. I.I.Perm, ka-ri-ru-u-ni , 1: rev. 7. 
 
 kissatu (C^£5^D), totality. kisSat, 6: rev. 10^. 
 
 la ({^'7), not. la, 1 : rev. 21 ; 2 : rev. 4, 7 ; 3 : rev. 8; 4 : rev. 5 ; 6 : rev. 13, 
 16 ; 11 : rev. 4 ; 463 : 12, 13. la- a, 11 : 5 ; 459 : 8. 
 
 libbu D^'?), heart, midst, lib-bu, 458: rev. 5. libbi, 1: rev. 6, 28; 3: 
 rev. 6; 11 : 7 ; 463 : 11; 464: rev. 8. lib-bi, 11: 10. 
 
 lu {t». surely, lu 1: 3, rev. 23 ; 2: 3, rev. 7; 3:3;5:3;6:3;7:3;8: 
 
 3; 458: 7; 459: 3. lu-u, 4 : 3; 458 : rev. 6 ; 462: 3 ; 463 : 3. lu-u 
 
 1 u - u , both and, 6 : rev. 10. 
 
 1 i p u , descendant. li-pi-i-ka,8:15. 
 
 ma , saying, ma-a, 1 : 6, rev. 17, 22, 23 ; 2 : 5, 8, 13, 15, rev. 4 ; 3 : rev. 5 ; 
 4 : 9, 11 ; 5 : 7, rev. 5 ; 6 : 7, 12 ; 7 : 11 ; 11 : 2, rev. 4 ; 459 : 7 ; 462 : 7 ; 463 : 6. 
 
 madu (IJ^iO), much, ma-a-du, 458: rev. 4. 
 
 maru ("IJ^aQ), child, son. ameiu maraP^--ni, 1: rev. 17. amelu 
 maraniP^'-su, 464: rev. 7. 
 
 naruME. 3: 8. 
 
 musu [^yO), night, mu-su, 8: rev. 6. 
 
 mul}hi, above, upon, with reference to. muhlji, 1: 4, rev. 15, 17 ; 4 : 5 ; 
 5:4; 6:9; 11 : rev. 8 ; 458 : 9 ; 459 : 5 ; 462 : 4 ; 464 : 7, 12, rev. 10. m u h - 
 hi-su, 6: 10. muh-hi-a, 11: rev. 4. 
 
 mala, as many as. ma-la, 1: 14; 3: 10. (Both doubtful because of 
 breaks.) 
 
 manu (H^JO), to mmiber. mi-i-ni, number, 8: rev. 9. 
 
 minu (with sa), according as. me-i-nu(sa), 4: 11; mi-i-nu(sa), 
 8 : rev. 13. memeni , a« aZ?. me-me -ni , 4 : rev. 3. 
 
 masu in'^O'^), to be wide, sufficient. III. 1. Perm, s um-sa, 1 : rev. 28. 
 
 MAR, time f 5 : 9. 
 
 matu, land, matu, determ. 1: 13, rev. 18 ; 2 : 5, 10, rev. 8; 3: rev. 1; 
 7: 6; 11: 4; 458: 6; 462: 5; 464: rev. 3. mat-su, 6: rev. 10. 
 
26 Hebraica. 
 
 naru HKO). river, naru, determ. 3 : 8. 
 
 am^iu NA. 464: rev. 4. 
 
 amelu n^gir ekalli , overseer of the palace,! : icQ\. 21. '^-'^^lu nagir biti, 
 overseer of the house, 2 : 2. 
 
 ' nadanu (J"lJ), to give. I. 1. [li]d-din, 4: 15. [lid-di]-nu, 8: 18; 
 ta-da-in, gift{?) 1: rev. 10. 
 
 nazazu {\\yj, to staiid. III. 1. u-sa-zi-zu-u-ni, 1: 17. lu-Sa-zi-zu, 
 1 : rev. 14. 
 
 nuk, saying, nu-uk, 11: rev. 3. 
 
 nu-ka-al, 6: rev. 2. 
 
 nakaru {^^^), to be hostile. I. 1. part, nak-ru-ti-su-nu, 6: rev. 13. 
 
 namasu {l^f2X), to set out, depart. II. 1. u-nam-mas, 3: rev, 8. II. 2. 
 u-ta-me-su, 3: 8; u-tam-me-sa, 5: rev. 3; u-ta-mi-su-ma, 3: rev. 3. 
 
 nasu (J^iVJ)) io bring out. I. 1. Perm, na-sa, 7: 7; na-su-ni-su, 
 11 : rev. 2; na-su-u-ni, 464 : rev. 13. 
 
 nasaru nVJ)i i<^ ^<^ve. I. 1. Pres. i-na-sur, 1: rev. 29. I. 1. Pret. 
 li-is-su-ru, 8: 9. I. 1. Impv. us-su-ru, 5: 8. 1.2. Pret. it-ta-as-ru, 5: 
 13. massartu, watch, massarti-su, 4: rev. 13. ma-§ar-tu-su, 5: 8, 
 11. massaratiP^-, 464: 4. 
 
 nu-ti-in, 1: rev. 15. 
 
 sahu (nnD)> ^0 rete?. I. 1. i-sa-ha, 464: 10. 
 saljaru nflD), ^0 ^w^«- 1-2. lu-u-sa-hi-ri, 4 : 14. 
 sisu, horse, sise^^^- 8: rev. 8, 10, 12. 
 
 p u Of)), mouth, p i - i , 2 : rev. 4. 
 
 i?" pi-lu-ur-te, 1: rev. 6. 
 
 panu (nj£)), ^^/o^e. pan 1 : rev. 31 ; 4: 12. paui-ka,4:9. pa-ni-§u, 
 3:11. pa-ni-su-nu, 4: rev, 4. pani-su-nu, 4 : rev. 10. p an a tu , 6e/o?'e. 
 pa-na-tu-su-nu, 1:9. pa-ni-tu, 464: rev, 1. 
 
 pu-ri-di, 6: 7, 12,13, rev. 5. 
 
 parisu ['^'^t!i), judge. am8iu pa-r i-su-u-t e, 1: rev. 25. 
 
 p u - 1 u , side, entrance, 3:7. p u - u t , 3 : rev. 1. 
 
 patu (J^sjlfi), to open. I. 1. ap-ta, 1: rev. 24; Perm, pa-tu-u-ni; 
 464 : 14. 
 
 paharu {^^Q), to collect. II. 2. up-ta- at-hu- ru, 1: rev. 28, 
 
 sabu (J<0^), soldier, ameiu g^b eP'- , 3:4; 7: 5,9; 463: 10; 464: 
 11. amelu sabePJ--su, 3: rev. 2. 
 
The Letters of the R" 2. Collection. 
 
 sabatu (Jl^V)' seize, take 1. 1. i-sa-bat, 1: 11; i-sab-tu, 11: 11; 
 is-sab-tu- n i-su, 464 : rev. 7. II. 1. tu-sa-bit,l: rev. 23; u-sa-bit- 
 u - n i , 1 : rev. 29. 
 
 k ib u (J^Op), to speak, command. I. 1. Pret. ik-bu-u-ni, 4: rev. 8 ; n i- 
 ik-bi, 6: rev. 12. I. 1. Pres. i-kab-[bi], 6: 11; i-kab-bi, 8: rev. 11; 
 a-ka-bu-u-ni, 464 : 16. k u - b u , cry, 1 : rev. 28. 
 
 katu, hand, ka-ti, 5: 7, 12. 
 
 kanu (probably), siVZe, ftorc^er. ka-an-ni, 1: rev. 31. ka-ni, 2: 10. 
 
 karabu (21p), to Z>e wear. I.I.Perm, ka-ra-bu, 464: 10. 
 
 kitridu (Tip), mighty one, 6: rev. 9. 
 
 amelu rab-bi-LUL, music director, 463: 10. 
 amelu rab-SE-SA, chief of the sacrificial festivity, 1: rev. 18. 
 amelu rab-sabre^^^-, chief of the magicians, 3 : 5. 
 marditu (m*!), road, mar-di-tu, 1: rev. 7. 
 
 narkabtu (Dl3l)i chariot. i?" narkabt-e, 6: 9. *?" narkabti, 6: 
 rev. 4. 
 
 rakasu (DD1) to bind. 1.2. ar-ta-kas, 1: 10,25. ir-ta-kas, 1: 12. 
 
 s a, which ; has also the force and meaning of. s a , which, 1 : 4, rev. 16 ; 2 : 
 4, rev. 3, 4, 10 ; 3 : 12 ; 4: 6, 7 ; 5 : 6 ; 6: 6, 9, 14, rev. 6 ; 8 : rev. 7 ; 11: 1 ; 458: 
 10; 459: 6; 462: 6; 463: 5,11; 464: 6,11,14, 15, rev. 9. sa, of, 1: 15,16, 
 rev. 18, 26, 27, 30, 31 ; 2:9, 10, rev. 5 ; 3 : 6, 7, 10, rev. 1 ; 6 : rev. 5, 15 ; 8:8, 
 10, rev. 10; 458: rev. 5; 463: 10; 464: 2, 8, 13, rev. 5. 
 
 §u = Ae. su-u, 3: 11; 6: 15, rev. 2. 
 
 sa'alu {^^\^),to ash. 1.2. a-sa-al, 1: rev. 19. a-sa-'a-la, 4: rev. 1. 
 a-sa-[al], 11: 3. a-sa-al-su, 11: rev. 2. i-sa-al-lu, 464: 7. 
 
 sadadu ('TltJ'), to draw. I. 1. lis-da-du, 459: 7. 
 
 sakalu w'Z^), to care for. 1.2. as-si-kal, 8: rev. 8. la-as-kal, 8: 
 rev. 12. 
 
 s e p u , foot. § e p a P*- , 3 : 4. 
 
 sakanu (ptJ^), to estahlish. I. I.Perm, si-kun, 1: rev. 11. amfilu 
 sakan-massarti, commander of the watch, 4 : 5, rev. 9. 
 
 sa,\Amn (}27ti/), to complete. II. 1. tu- sal -lum-ni, 1: rev. 24. sulmu, 
 peace, sul-mu, 1: 3; 2: 3; 3: 3; 4: 3; 5: 3; 6: 3; 7: 3; 8: 3; 458: 3, 
 4,5,6,7; 459: 3; 462: 3; 463: 3,4; 464: 5,6. sul-me, 5: rev. 5. 
 
 sum-ku-un(?), yourname,4M: rev. 11. 
 
 semu (t<4DtJ')) to hear. I. 1. Pret. ni-is-me, 1: rev. 21. I. 2. Pret. 
 
 a-si-me, 3: rev. 5. i-si-me, 464: rev. 5. 
 
 summa,^/. sum-ma, 1: rev. 22, 29 ; 8 : rev. 11. 
 *6 
 
28 Hebraica. 
 
 amelu sa-nu-te, second officer^ 3: 5. 
 
 s at tu (njtr), 2/ca.n sanatiPl- (MU- AN-N Ap*-) 8 : 11. 
 
 sapalu {'75tJ')i to ^^ ^ow. saplu, under, sapli (KI-TA), 1: 10, 12, 
 24. sapli-su (KI-TA), 1: 19. sap-li,5:7. sap-la, 5 : 12 ; 6 : 9, rev. 
 4, 14. 
 
 saparu (nGtJ')i t(> send. I. 1. is-pur-an-ni ,1:5, rev. 16 ; 4 : 8 ; 5 : 6, 
 10; 6: 6; 458: 10; 459: 6; 462: 6; 463: 5. tas-pur-aii-ni, 2: 4, rev. 
 3. is-pur-su-u-ni, 1: 22; i-sap-ra, 1: rev. 22. a - s a p - r a , 463 : 9 ; 
 i-sap-par-an-ni, 8: rev. 14 ; li s-pa-r[u] , 463 ; rev. 2. Impv. su-pur, 
 11 : 2 ; 459 : 7. s u p - r u , 463 : 9. I. 2. i - s a - ap - r u , 464 : rev. 6 ; a - s a - p a r , 
 5: 11; a-sa-ap-ra, 464 : rev. 11. 
 
 §arru HntT), king, sarru, 1 : 4, 14, 22, rev. 4, 10, 16, 21, 31 ; 2: 13 ; 3 : 
 rev.5; 4: 7, rev.7; 5: 6,9; 6: 6, 11, rev. 6; 8: rev. 11, 13; 11: 1; 458: 10; 
 459: 6, 8; 462: 6; 463: 5. sar, 2: 5.rev. 8. sarri, 1: 1, 3, rev. 31 ; 2: rev. 5 ; 
 3: 1, 3; 4: 1, 4; 5 : 1, 3 ; 6 : 1, 3, 5, rev. 10, 15 ; 7 : 1, 3 ; 8 : 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, rev. 
 10; 11: rev.5; 458: 1, 7, 8, rev. 5; 459: 1, 3, 4; 462: [1], 3; 463: 1, 3; 
 464: 15, rev. 5. sarrani p*-, 6: rev. 13. sar-ru-u-tu, royalty, S: 14. 
 
 su-u-tu, tJiat, the aforesaid, 11 : 9 ; 464: 8, rev. 2, 5. 
 
 tebu mi'2r\), enemy. tebeP*-, 7: 5. 
 
 mutir puti, bodyguard, am^lu mutir pu-te, 1: 7; 7: 4; 462: 5. 
 
 ti-[ma]-a-li i'^DH), yesterday, 8 : rev. 7. 
 
 The following numerals occur in these letters, written in each case without 
 any phonetic complement. 
 
 2.1:9,11,19,24. 4. 464 : rev. 7. 18 [k an]. 464: 2. 23. 8: rev. 15. 50. 
 463 : 6, 7. 3000. 3 : 4. 
 
 PROPER NAMES. 
 
 ™ U-ak-sa-tar, 464: rev. 6. 
 
 aiu U-a-si, 2: 9,14. 
 
 aiuU-e-si, 3: rev. 6. 
 
 m Abu-ul-i-di, 462: 4. 
 
 ™ A-bit-sar-usur, 5: 2. 
 
 matu U-ka-a-a, 2: 10; 3: rev. 1. 
 
 matu Akkad-a-a, 2: 5. 
 
 matu Akkad (ki), 7: 6. 
 
 m Up-pi-te, 464: 12. 
 
 aiu A-ra-ak-di, 1 : 20, rev. 9. 
 
 m aiu Arba-ilu-a-a, 1: 5,12. 
 
The LBTTiSKS of the R^ 2. Collection. 
 
 aiu Ur-ia-ku, 464: 13. 
 
 alu Arrapha, 1: 11, rev. 26. 
 
 aiu Ur-zu-hi-na, 1: 8, 18, 23, rev. 8, 31. 
 
 aiu Ar-zu-lji-na, 1: rev. 5. 
 
 ameiu As-da-a-a-ti, 6: rev. 11. 
 
 m Isdi-fearrani, 1: 7, 10. 
 
 ™ As-pa-ba-ra, 464: 9. 
 
 E-sarra(ki), 458: 3. 
 
 Asur, 458: 8; 459: 4. 
 
 matu Assur(ki), 2: rev. 8 ; 458: 6. 
 
 aiu Assur (LIB ALI), 458: 5. 
 
 ™ Asur-Dur-pa-n i-[a], 462: 2. 
 
 ™ Asur-ri-su-a, 3: 2. 
 
 ^ Istar-sum-er-e§, 6: 2. 
 
 ameiu I-tu-'-a-a, 463: 7. 
 
 29 
 
 iiu Bel, 8: 7. 
 
 iiu Beltu, 458: 8; 459: 4. 
 
 ^ ii" Beltu-kab-din(?), 6: rev. 8. 
 
 matu Ba-bi-ti, 1: rev. 18. 
 
 m Bab-ba-ni, 7: 4. 
 
 matu Bar-hal-sa, 11: 4. 
 
 «i Gil-sa-na, 2: 1. 
 
 ai" Dur-ta-li-ti, 1: 15, rev. 1. 
 all Dur-fatanaP''--te, 1: rev. 13. 
 [aiu] Diir-Sar-ukin, 8: rev. 3. 
 
 aiii Hal -su, 463:4. 
 aiu Ha-ri-pa, 464: 9. 
 
 mTabu-sil-Esarra, 458: 2; 459: 2. 
 
 matu Kal-da-a-a, 462: 5. 
 
 ameiu Kal-da-a-a, 5: 5. 
 
 *iu Kar-msar-ukin, 464:3, rev. 9. 
 
 mLu-tu-u, 464: 8. 
 
30 Hebraica. 
 
 naruME, 3: 8. 
 
 matu Ma-sa-mu, 1: 13. 
 
 all Mu-sa-sir,2: rev. 1; 3:7. 
 
 iiu Marduk, 6: 4; 8: 5. 
 
 aiu Mu-ti-an-ni, 11: 6. 
 
 iiu Nabu, 6: 4; 8: 5,7. 
 
 m iiu Nabu-er-e5, 5: 4. 
 
 m iiu Nabu-lal-an-ni, 464: rev. 4. 
 
 m iiu Nabu-sum-iddina, 8: 2. 
 
 iiu Nergal, 8: 7. 
 
 m Si-e-ti-ni, 3: 6,10. 
 aiu Sa-ba-ha-ni, 463: 8. 
 m Su-na-a, 3: 12. 
 
 ameiu Kur-ra-a-a, 463: 6. 
 
 iJiRa-ma i, 464: rev. 10. 
 
 mSam-hu-il" Sa-mas, 4: 2. 
 ™ Samas-emur-an-ni, 463 : 2. 
 °^Samas-bel-usur, 1:2. 
 mgar 7: 2. 
 
 ai" Ta-ga-la-gi, 1: 16. 
 
I, George Ricker Berry, was born in West Sumner, Maine, on the 15th of 
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 Semitic Languages under Professors O. S. Stearns and C. R. Brown. From 1892 
 to 1895 I was a Graduate student at The University of Chicago, devoting myself 
 especially to Assyrian under Professor Robert Francis Harper. I have also pur- 
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