According to Sir H. Rawlinson, “the holy mound” is now represented by the ruins of Amrán. At any rate, it stood on the site of the Tower of Babel and was dedicated to the god Anu. Along with the adjoining buildings, among which are to be numbered the royal palace and the famous hanging gardens, it formed a particular quarter of Babylon, enclosed within its own wall and known under the name of Su-Anna, the “Valley of Anu,” which Sir H. Rawlinson proposes to read Khalannê, and identify with the Calneh of the Old Testament. In support of his reading he refers to the statement of the Septuagint in Isaiah x. 9.: “Have not I taken the region above Babylon and Khalannê, where the tower was built?” Obverse. 1. .... seat her (?) 2. .... all the lords 3. .... his might 4. .... the gods, lord of the mighty hour (?) 5. .... lord of the kingdom magnified. 6. .... mightily supreme. Reverse. 1. .... Hea called[10] to his men 2. .... the path of his greatness 3. .... any god 4. .... Sar-tuli-elli (the king of the illustrious mound) his knowledge (?) 5. .... his illustrious ...... 6. .... his fear (?) Sar-tuli-elli 7. .... his might 8. .... to them, in the midst of the sea 9. .... thy father battle We may conclude this chapter with a fragment of some length, which Mr. Smith erroneously supposed to refer to the Fall. His mistake arose from the imperfect state in which the text of it has been preserved, and the consequent obscurity of its reference and meaning. Dr. Oppert has shown that it really contains a hymn to the Creator Hea. Before the commencement of lines 1, 5, 11, 19, 27, and 29 on the obverse, there are glosses stating that the divine titles commencing these lines all apply to the same deity. These explanatory glosses show that even in the Assyrian time the allusions in the original text were not all intelligible without the help of a commentary. Obverse. 1. The god of (propitious) Life ..... (secondly) 2. who established light ..... 3. their precepts ..... 4. Never may they forsake (their) boundaries ... 5. The god of illustrious Life, thirdly, he was called, the director of the bright (firmament), 6. the god of good winds, the lord of hearing and obedience, 7. the creator of lean (?) and fat, the establisher of fertility, 8. who has brought to increase them that were small at the outset. 9. In the mighty thickets we have smelt his good wind. 10. May he command, may he glorify, may he hearken to his worshippers. 11. The god of the illustrious Crown, fourthly, may he quicken the dust! 12. Lord of the illustrious charm, who gives life to the dead, 13. who to the hostile gods has granted return, 14. the homage they rendered he has caused the gods his foes to submit to. 15. That they might obey (?) he has created mankind, 16. the merciful one with whom is life. 17. May he establish, and never may his word be forgotten 18. in the mouth of the black-headed race whom his hands created.