_ki_: the KIKÛ of our text is New-Babylonian (see the Cyrus Cylinder, I R. 35, line 4). The early linear form is well represented by the wedge-form of Ḥammurabi (CḤ. Col. I, line 10, plate I). A picture of the earth was probably attempted in the archaic linear form. It should be noted that space is represented conventionally by parallel horizontal lines included in a rectangle, orientated to the four quarters of the heavens. 10. _^dimmer Mu-ul-lil nin ḳar-ra ki damal-ra_ O Bêl, the bountiful lord of the broad land! _^dimmer Mu-ul-lil_ (see line 2 for notes). _nin_ in the sense of _bêlu_, “lord”, gives a good context. _ḳar-ra_ equals noun _ḳar_ and postposition _ra_; _ḳar_ = “plenty” (see MSL. 123). The text however may be _dam-ḳar-ra_. Note that _ra_ may be taken as a postposition of the genitive as well as phonetic complement (see on line 3). _ki_ (see on line 9). _damal-ra_ equals adjective plus postposition. _damal_, ES for the EK _dagal_, with the meaning of _rapšu_, “extensive” (Br. 5452). The sign name is AMÛ. The sign is composed of two signs one within the other, PISANNU, “house”, the outer sign, and ANÛ, “high”, the inner sign, hence the meaning “large space”, “extensive”. 11. _ù-mu-un mu-ud-na dú sag-ma-al ki_ The lord of creation, the creator, the true head of the land! _ù-mu-un_ (see line 1 for note). _mu-ud-na_ may equal “creator” or “begetter”, just as _muḥ-na_ equals the Assyrian _a-lid_ (IV R. 9, 32a). _mu-ud_ is a phonetic representation of the word _mud_, whose sign is MUŠÊN-DUGÛ, ḤU plus ḤI (Br. 2273). The word _mud_ is equal to the Assyrian _banû_ (Br. 2274). _dú_: here we must let the sense govern us in deciding on a form which may be read either as KAK or NI. KAK with the value _du_ equal to _banû_ (Br. 5248) gives a meaning that fits smoothly with what precedes and follows. In their original forms KAK, NI and IR are similar yet entirely distinct signs. In the archaic linear form, KAK is a triangle with one of the angles pointing to the right. NI is a triangle with one of the angles pointing to the right and one upright line passing through the triangle. IR also is a triangle with one of the angles pointing to the right and two upright lines passing through the triangle. _sag-ma-al_ equals noun _sag_, plus suffix _ma-al_. It could stand for _sag-ga_ just as _sag-mal_ can stand for _sag-ga_ (Br. 3595). _sag_ equals “head” (as in line 5). _ma-al_: if _ma-al_ is taken a suffix (as in line 1), it stands for the sign PISANNU meaning _šakânu_, “establish”, or _bašû_, “exist”, and is ES for the EK gal. _ki_ (see line 9). 12. _ù-mu-un zal laḥ-na ga nunuz-ám da-ma-al-la_ The lord whose shining oil is milk for an extensive progeny! _ù-mu-un_ (see line 1 for note). _zal_: NI means “oil”. The Babylonian KAK, NI and IR should be distinguished from the Assyrian. In Assyrian the horizontal wedges are parallel and do not come to an angle at the right.