According to the catch line of tablet two of the Ninurta liturgy _gud-nim kurra_ the third tablet of that series began by the same melody as tablet three of the _elum didara_.(480) It is probable that the first melody of tablet three of both series was identical. Melodies are always identified by their first lines and when these agree we assume that the entire melodies are identical. Since the musicians referred to all melodies by their first lines it was manifestly impossible to begin two different melodies with the same line. But tablet three of the weeping mother liturgy _muten nu-nunuz-gim_ begins its first melody(481) _nin-ri nin-ri gù-ám_, etc., otherwise both melodies differ completely. This is the first known of example of two different melodies bearing the same title. It is curious indeed that an Enlil, a Ninurta and a _mater dolorosa_ series all begin their third tablets in the same manner. The obverse of BM. 78239 breaks away before the end of the melody _nin-ri ninri gú-ám-me_. Here forty-five Sumerian lines are lost; one or two melodies at least stood in this break. For the last passage on tablet three, the scribe borrows the first melody of the Ninurta series _gud-nim kurra_.(482) The litanies which begin these melodies or series of addresses to Ninurta differ greatly in the two redactions. Since SBH. No. 18 belongs to a Ninurta series the addresses therein are much more extensive. The composer of the Enlil series _elum didara_ obviously introduced this irrelevant melody to obtain the fine passage to the weeping mother, Rev. 10-21 on BM. 78239. These lines are lost on the Berlin text SBH. No. 18. On the whole the liturgy _elum didara_ is more inconsistent in the development of ideas than any song service of which extensive portions are known. Only tablets one and three are as yet identified and neither of these is much more than half complete. _ru-ba-tum (rubatum) ši-si-it âli i-šes-si ina lal-la-ra-ti_ The princess, the princess, in misery shouts the wailing of the city.(483) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 1. _nin-ri nin-ri gú-ám-me úru in-ga-ám-me ù-li-li_ 1. 2. _a gašan-mu nu-nunuz-šág-ga ù_ 2. How long my queen, the pious woman, in misery?(484) 3. _é-gí-a é-sag-il-la_(_485_)_ ù_ 3. The bride of Esagila in misery? 4. _dumu-sag __d.__Uraša-a ù_ 4. First born daughter of Urasha in misery? 5. _dumu-sag é-i-be- __d.__A-nu-um ù_ 5. First born daughter of the temple Ibe-Anum in misery? 6. _gašan-gù-ur-a-sĭg ud-lal-a-ge ù_ 6. The obedient queen, she the ..., in misery? 7. _gašan-mu __d.__Na-na-a ù_ 7. My queen Nana in misery? 8. _é-zu é-zu-šú ù_ 8. (How long) shall thy temple for thy temple in misery be? 9. _uru-zu uru-zu-šú ù_ 9. Thy city for thy city in misery be? 10. _dam-zu dam-zu-šú ù_ 10. Thy wives for thy wives in misery be? 11. _dumu-zu dumu-zu-šú ù_ 11. Thy sons for thy sons in misery be?