Knobs at left upper and left lower corners to
facilitate
the
holding of the tablet.
holding of the tablet.
Epic of Gilgamesh
_gam a'ibu, mitirtu_,
words for canal, SAI. 691-3.
_zag-sal_, liturgical note, 103 f. No. 21 end.
_za-am_, 138, 34; 139, 38; 140, 56.
_zenu_, be enraged, II1 _uzinu-inni_, 197, 6.
_ZI-TAR-RU-DA iikis napisti_, 194 n. 6.
DESCRIPTION OF TABLETS
Number in this volume. 1
Museum number. 7771
Description.
Dark brown unbaked tablet. Three columns. Lower edge slightly
broken.
Knobs at left upper and left lower corners to facilitate the
holding of the tablet. H. 7 inches: W. 6 1/2; T. 1 1/2. Second tablet
of the Epic of Gilgamish.
NOTES
[1] Ni. 13981, published by Dr. Poebel in PBS. V, No. 2.
[2] The local Bel of Erech and a bye-form of Enlil, the earth god. Here
he is the consort of the mother goddess Ninsun.
[3] Tammuz is probably a real personage, although _Dumu-zi_, his
original name, is certainly later than the title _Ab-u_, probably the
oldest epithet of this deity, see _Tammuz and Ishtar_, p. 8. _Dumu-zi_
I take to have been originally the name of a prehistoric ruler of
Erech, identified with the primitive deity Abu.
words for canal, SAI. 691-3.
_zag-sal_, liturgical note, 103 f. No. 21 end.
_za-am_, 138, 34; 139, 38; 140, 56.
_zenu_, be enraged, II1 _uzinu-inni_, 197, 6.
_ZI-TAR-RU-DA iikis napisti_, 194 n. 6.
DESCRIPTION OF TABLETS
Number in this volume. 1
Museum number. 7771
Description.
Dark brown unbaked tablet. Three columns. Lower edge slightly
broken.
Knobs at left upper and left lower corners to facilitate the
holding of the tablet. H. 7 inches: W. 6 1/2; T. 1 1/2. Second tablet
of the Epic of Gilgamish.
NOTES
[1] Ni. 13981, published by Dr. Poebel in PBS. V, No. 2.
[2] The local Bel of Erech and a bye-form of Enlil, the earth god. Here
he is the consort of the mother goddess Ninsun.
[3] Tammuz is probably a real personage, although _Dumu-zi_, his
original name, is certainly later than the title _Ab-u_, probably the
oldest epithet of this deity, see _Tammuz and Ishtar_, p. 8. _Dumu-zi_
I take to have been originally the name of a prehistoric ruler of
Erech, identified with the primitive deity Abu.
