148 The plural of this verb has been indicated by doubling the root, a case of analogy, being influenced by the similar plural formation of nouns. See _Sum. Gr._ § 124. An example of the same kind is _sag-nu-mu-un-da-ab-gà-gà_ = _ul ì-ir-ru-šu_, “they approached it not,” K. 8531, 6 in HROZNY, _Ninrag_, p. 8. 149 Text _ub!_ Read _ub sag-ki-za_ = _tupḳi pani-ki_(??). 150 For the form, see PBS. V 102 IV 3. 151 If _la_ be correct, then the reading is _ka-sil-la_. 152 Cf. _nir-da-an_, K. 45, 6, and _nir-da_, Gudea, Cyl. A 12, 26 with 18, 3 where _nig-erim_ = _nir-da_. 153 For _i-lu-dúg_ = _ṣarāḫu_. _ 154 a-a_ = _è-a_ = _aṣû_. CT. 15, 11, 7; K. L. 3_b_ 28. Cf. also the N. Pr. _d.__Gišbar-a_ = _d.__Gišbar-è_. “The fire-god causes to come forth.” 155 So the text for _šág-ga-áš na-an-da-ab-bi_. 156 See above, line 36. 157 For the construction _dirig_ with _ra_, see _lù-ne-ir dirig_ = _eli annim rabi_, POEBEL, PBS V 152 32. 158 See previous footnote. 159 Refers to Sin. 160 Here begins abruptly a passage spoken by the goddess herself. This is not unusual in liturgical texts. 161 The sign is _dù_, not _dul_. 162 For a discussion of these early Sumerian single song services, see the writer’s _Babylonian Liturgies_, pp. XXXVII ff. 163 See also line 13. 164 See _Tammuz and Ishtar_, p. 111. 165 The Sumerian _arâ-bu_ (_UD-DU-BU_) is rendered into Semitic by the loan-word _arabû_, called _iṣṣur mēḫu_, bird of the storm, ZA. VI 244, 48. In CT. XII 7_a_ 2 _UD-DU_ (_ara_) = _namru_, fierce, raging, where the entry is followed by _UD-DU_ (_ara_) = _ša UD-DU-bu_ (_ģu_), hence in any case a bird of prey. Were it not for the reference to this bird in the omen text, BOISSIER, DA 67, 18, one might conclude that the bird is mythical. For the reading _arabû_, see also REISNER, SBH. 104, 35. 166 = _ḳadādu ša kišadi_, see SBP. 110, 22, “bend the neck,” i. e., “grant favor.” 167 Cf. V Raw. 39_a_ 33. 168 Cf. _dagan-me-a_ = _ina puḫri-ni_, RA. XI 144, 8. 169 Cf. SBP. 45, 13; 79, 13; 98, 44, etc. 170 For this method of forming the plural see _Sumerian Grammar_, § 124. For _uru-bar_ = _kapru_, see MEISSNER, SAI. 543. Note also _umun urú-bar_, SBH. 22, 57 = 19, 56 and K. 69 Obv. 20. title of Nergal as lord of the city of the dead. 171 Cf. _Historical and Religious Texts_, p. 34, 6. 172 For Ninlil as queen of Keš, see also ZIMMERN, KL. 23 3; SBP. 23 note 17. At Keš she was identified with the unmarried and earlier deity Ninharsag. 173 The line drawn across the tablet intersects the address of Innini and, if not for some unknown musical purpose, must be regarded as an error. 174 For the construction, see _Sumerian Grammar_, § 91.