_ 117 me_ = _parṣu_, refers primarily to the rubrics of the rituals, the ritualistic directions, but here the reference is clearly to the utensils employed in the rituals. _ 118 NE-RU._ _ 119 lal, lá-a_ = _šuḳammumu_, see SBP. 66, 20. _ 120 ir_ is uncertain. The sign may be either _dū_ or _ni_. 121 Literally, “Below and above.” 122 Probably a variant of _dù-azag_. As the phrase is written _dug-azag-ga_ might mean “holy knees,” _birku ellitu_, but that is not probable. A parallel passage occurs in the liturgy to Dungi, BE. 31, 12, 8, where my interpretation is to be corrected. For _dù_, _dŭ_, rendered into Semitic by the loan-word _dû_, with the sense “high altar, pedestal of a statue, altar or throne room” see AJSL. 32, 107. 123 Cf. Gudea, Cyl. B 13, 4. 124 This phrase should have a meaning similar to “speak words of peace,” “assure, comfort.” The expression occurs also in Gudea, Cyl. A 7, 5, Ningirsu, son of Enlil _gú za-ra ma-ra-ģun-gà-e_, “will speak to thee words of peace.” _ 125 kuš_, preposition = _eli_, is derived from _kuš_ = _zumru_, “body,” literally “at the body.” 126 In view of the parallel passages where kings are called the _sag-uš_ of temples and cities (i. e. the _mukînu_ or _mukîl rêš_) it seems necessary to render _é-kur-ri_ as the object of _sag-uš_. See SAK. 197 below c 5; BE. 29 No. 1 IV 6; PBS. V No. 73. A rendering, “She who raiseth me up daily in Ekur” is possible. 127 Cf. SBP. 52, 5; BL. p. 138. 128 Sic! third person. 129 Text “his.” 130 Or read _billudu_. This passage proves that _garza_ and _billudu_ really do have a meaning, sanctuary, cult object or something synonymous. See _billudû_ in VAB. IV Index. The meaning, sanctuary, has been suggested for the Semitic _parṣu_ and this must be taken into consideration. 131 Var. _šar-ra_. 132 Var. is certainly not _nin_. 133 For _sag-sìr_, see also ASKT. 96, 25; K. L., 199, 15; 199 Col. III 51; CT. 24, 15, 79. 134 Var. _mu-e_. 135 Same as previous footnote. 136 Cf. Ni. 4581 Obv. 8 in PBS. X pt. 2, where it is connected with _d.__Immer_. Var. _KA-gí-a!_ 137 Read _ḪU_ for _RI_(?). _mušen_ = _bêlu_, _beltu_, cf. PBS. V 15 Rev. 14. Render “Their divine queen thou art”? 138 Var. _ni_. Sic! 139 Var. _ma_. _ 140 ḫāmimat kiššati_. 141 Sic! Prepositions _ra_ and _da_ in the same phrase! 142 Text _gĭr_! 143 Cf. _mar-zen_, _gar-zen_ = _ḫâšu_, SBP. 116, 33; K.L., 15 II 12. 144 In liturgies usually translated by “the Word.” 145 Cf. SBP. 6, 16. 146 For _ra_. Read _za-la_ for _lal-la_? 147 Note the overhanging vowel _a_ denoting a dependent phrase without a relative introductory adverb, and see also _Sum. Gr._ page 163, examples cited _bé-in-da-ra-dú-a_, etc.