_ab-da-me-en_ equals “thou thyself art”. The form consists of verbal prefix, infix and verb, as follows: _ab_, being an indeterminate prefix, may therefore be used of the second person (MSL. p. XXV). ÊŠU is an old Babylonian sign pictorially representing “enclosed space”, hence the meaning of “enclosure”. It means, with the value _éš_, “house”, and, with the value _ab_, “sea”. _da_ is like _à_(ID) (line 14), ideographically represented by the picture of the hand and forearm (line 4). It means “side”, also “strength”. It is sometimes a reflexive verbal infix (MSL. p. XXIV). _me-en_ equals _bašû_ (Br. 10404). _me_ also equals _bašû_ (Br. 10361) and the longer _me-a_ equals _bašû_ (Br. 10459). _en_, therefore, is not an essential part of the word which means “be”. _me-en_ has no connection with _ma-e_, the personal pronoun of the first person. _men_, in fact, can be used of the second person and even of the third as well. The defining pronoun _za-e_ here compels us to take _me-en_ in the second person. Reverse 17. _^dimmer Mu-ul-lil kur-kur-ra ga-šá-an nu-um-ti nin-zu ga-šá-anab-da(-me-en)_ O Bêl of the lands, lord of life, lord of wisdom, lord indeed thou art! _^dimmer Mu-ul-lil_ (see line 2 for note). _kur-kur-ra_ (see line 3 for note). _ga-šá-an_, like _ù-mu-un_ (line 1), equals _bêlu_, “lord”, and is a phonetic form of _gašan_ which is usually represented by GÊŠPU-GUNÛ (Br. 6989 and MSL. p. 129). _ga_ is only a syllable here (see lines 4 and 12 for further comment). ŠÁ is an old sign; here it is old Babylonian and represents closely the linear form. The sign is much used in Assyrian with the syllabic value _šá_, especially in the place of NITÛ(ša) which is often a relative pronoun. _nu-um-ti_ (see on line 16). _nin-zu_ means “lord of wisdom”. _nin_ equals _bêlu_ (Br. 10985; see line 10). On _zu_ (see line 1). _ab-da_ should evidently be _ab-da-me-en_ (see line 16). 18. _e-lum nì an-na a-kad za-da šá mu-e-da-mal_ O mighty one, dread of heaven, royal one indeed thou art! _e-lum_ equals _kabtu_ (Br. 5888), and appears to stand for _elim_ which also equals _kabtu_ (Br. 8885). _lum_ is clearly syllabic here, but the sign, old Babylonian here, is indicative of plant-growth, consisting of waving lines. _nì_ equals _puluḥtu_, “fear”, here (see on line 1).