8. (This) is the work of Gimil-Gula, the son of Il-khigal the scribe, the man of a non-existent tablet. —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–— 9. “The day of calling, the long day at the dawning of light” (?) [Acc.]. This is the work of Ekur (Esiru), the son of Nunna-tur. —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–— 10. The hero Izdubar. This is the work of Sin-lici-unnini the scribe .... —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–— 11. The hero Etana. This is the work of Nis-Sin the scribe .... —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–— 12. The hero the Fox. This is the work of Kak-Merodach the son of Eri-Turnunna, the man of a non-existent tablet. —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–— 13. (The hero) ’Sidu. This is the work of ’Sidu-labiri the prince, the man of a non-existent tablet. —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–— 14. .... _a tu gab_ [Acc.]. This is the work of Lig-Dimir the scribe, the man (of a non-existent tablet). —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–— What is meant by the phrase “the man of a non-existent tablet,” I do not know. Possibly it signifies that the autograph of the author no longer existed at the time the list was drawn up. “The Bull of the firmament” was a legend which was probably connected with the second month of the year, originally, it would seem, the first, which like the zodiacal sign after which it was named, was called the month of “the directing bull.” Future excavations will doubtless bring to light some of the poems mentioned in the list and not previously known. I have myself lately come across two fragments (S 802 and S 316) which belong to legends hitherto unknown, but they are too short to be worth translating. What curious revelations, however, we may yet expect from the cuneiform records may be judged from a small and well preserved tablet recently brought to England, which contains a catalogue of the gardens belonging to Merodach-Baladan, the contemporary of Hezekiah, and grouped according to the districts in which they were situated. Merodach-Baladan must have been fond of horticulture, since the catalogue contains the names of no less than sixty-seven seed-gardens, besides six other pleasure-grounds. Many of them were named from the localities in whose neighbourhood they were, but others bore such significant titles as “the forest of reeds,” “the small enclosure,” or “the garden of the waters of the city.” As the tablet was copied by a scribe named Merodach-sum-iddin, probably in the time of Nebuchadnezzar or his successors, it is evident that some of the contents of the library of Babylon escaped the destruction brought upon that city by Sennacherib in B.C. 692.