13. _za ḥad aka-zu-šù kur-gal a-a ^dimmer Mu-ul-lil sag im-da-sig-gi_ The stone of the sceptre of thy thunder strikes the head of the great mountain, father Bêl. _za_ equals _abnu_, “stone” (Br. 11721 and Hymn to Sin, line 18). There is another sign used more commonly than ZÂU to represent “stone”; namely, DAḲḲU. _ḥad_ (see on line 1). _aka-zu-šù_: _aka_ equals _ramâmu_, “roar” (Br. 4746). The meaning of RAM as _ramâmu_ seems to come through mnemonic paronomasia by way of the value _aka_ as equal to _râmu_, “love”. It is important to distinguish _ramâmu_ from _Ramman_, an Assyrian name for _Mer_ meaning “thunderer”, as well as from _ramânu_, “self”. _ramânu_ self is often a pun on _Ramman_. _zu_ (see Hymn to Bêl, line 21). _šù_ (see Hymn to Bêl, line 15). _kur-gal_: _kur_ (see Hymn to Bêl, line 3). _gal_ (see Hymn to Bêl, line 14). _a-a ^dimmer Mu-ul-lil_ (see Hymn to Bêl, line 3). In the Hymn to Bêl (line 16), Bêl seems to be called a mountain. The thought probably is suggested by E-kur of Nippur. 14. _urša-zu àma gal ^dimmer Nin-lil ba-e-di-ḥu-laḥ-e_ Thy thunder terrifies the great mother Bêlit. _urša_ equals _ramâmu_ (Br. 8556). _ur_ is a value of ḤAR which itself may mean _ramâmu_ (Br. 8539) and _ša_ is a value of DU which we know means _alâku_. _urša_ must mean “advancing thunder”. _àma_ equals _ummu_, “mother”. The idea of “mother” arises out of “amplitude”, which the sign is intended pictorially to represent. _damal_ is a common value of the same sign (see Hymn to Bêl, line 10). _gal_ (Hymn to Bêl, line 14). _^dimmer Nin-lil_. _Nin-lil_ is the Sumerian name of Bêlit, the consort of Bêl. _Nin_ equals _Bêltu_, “lady”. _lil_ has the same meaning as in _En-lil_ or _Mul-lil_ (see Hymn to Bêl, line 2). _Nin-lil_ is exactly the reverse with respect to sex of _En-lil_. Bêlit, like Bêl, had a temple at Nippur which dates back apparently to the time of the early dynasties of Ur. It was, however, simply a dim shadow of the temple of Bêl. The goddess of the divine family never achieved the popularity attained by the god, the father of the family. Besides being called _Nin-lil_, “lady of mercy” (Br. 5932), she was sometimes called _Nin-ḥar-sag_, “lady of the high mountain”, which would indicate that she dwelt with Bêl in _E-kur_, “the mountain house”. Under the name of _Nin-ḥar-sag_, Bêlit had a temple also at Girsu, one of the divisions of the town of Lagaš. _Nin-ḥar-sag_ was sometimes addressed as “the mother of the gods”.