Line 149. A difficult line because of the uncertainty of the reading at the beginning of the following line. The most obvious meaning of _mi-it-tu_ is "corpse," though in the Assyrian version _salamtu_ is used (Assyrian version, Tablet V, 2, 42). On the other hand, it is possible--as Dr. Lutz suggested to me--that _mittu_, despite the manner of writing, is identical with _mittú_, the name of a divine weapon, well-known from the Assyrian creation myth (Tablet IV, 130), and other passages. The combination _mit-tu sá-ku-ú-_, "lofty weapon," in the Bilingual text IV, R2, 18 No. 3, 31-32, would favor the meaning "weapon" in our passage, since _[sá]-ku-tu_ is a possible restoration at the beginning of line 150. However, the writing _mi-it-ti_ points too distinctly to a derivative of the stem _mâtu_, and until a satisfactory explanation of lines 150-152 is forthcoming, we must stick to the meaning "corpse" and read the verb _il-ku-ut_. Line 152. The context suggests "lion" for the puzzling _la-bu_. Line 156. Another puzzling line. Dr. Clay's copy is an accurate reproduction of what is distinguishable. At the close of the line there appears to be a sign written over an erasure. Line 158. _[ga-ti lu-]us-kun_ as in line 186, literally, "I will place my hand," i.e., I purpose, I am determined. Line 160. The restoration on the basis of the parallel line 187. Note the interesting phrase, "writing a name" in the sense of acquiring "fame." Line 161. The _kiskattê_, "artisans," are introduced also in the Assyrian version, Tablet VI, 187, to look at the enormous size and weight of the horns of the slain divine bull. See for other passages Muss-Arnolt _Assyrian Dictionary_, p. 450b. At the beginning of this line, we must seek for the same word as in line 163. Line 162. While the restoration _belê_, "weapon," is purely conjectural, the context clearly demands some such word. I choose _belê_ in preference to _kakkê_, in view of the Assyrian version, Tablet VI, 1. Line 163. _Putuku_ (or _putukku_) from _patâku_ would be an appropriate word for the fabrication of weapons. Line 165. The _rabûtim_ here, as in line 167, I take as the "master mechanics" as contrasted with the _ummianu_, "common workmen," or journeymen. A parallel to this forging of the weapons for the two heroes is to be found in the Sumerian fragment of the Gilgamesh Epic published by Langdon, _Historical and Religious Texts from the Temple Library of Nippur_ (Munich, 1914), No. 55, 1-15.