_ 55 gul_ = _kalû_, restrain, is ordinarily construed with the infinitive alone; _še-du nu-uš-gul-e-en_ = _damāma ul ikalla_, Lang. B.L. 80, 25; SBH. 133, 65; 66, 15, etc.

56 Confirms SAI. 6507 = _uḳḳu_, dumb, grief stricken.

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57 Variant of _sīg-sīg_, etc. See _Sum. Gr._ p. 237 _sig._ 3. Also POEBEL, PBS. V 26, 29.

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58 On the liturgical use of _balag-di_, see BL. p. XXXVII.

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59 Var. of _ad-du-ge_ = _bêl nissāti_, IV R. 11_a_ 23: _ad-da-ge_, ZIM. K.L. 12 II 3. See for discussion, LANG. PBS. X 137 n. 7.

60 A new ideogram. Perhaps _uššu kînu_, “sure foundation.”

61 For suffixed _ni_, _bi_, _ba_ in interrogative sentences note also _a-na an-na-ab-duģ-ni_, What can I add to thee? GENOUILLAC, _Drehem_, No. 1, 12, _a-ba ku-ul-la-ba_, Who shall restrain? Ni. 4610 Rev. 1.

62 See BL. p. XLV, and PBS. X 151 note 1.

63 On the anticipative construct, see § 138 of the grammar.

_ 64 nu-mal_ are uncertain. The tablet is worn at this point.

65 On the use of this term, see PBS. X 151 n. 1 and 182, 33.

67 Written Br. 3046, but the usual form is the _gunu_, Br. 3009. _suģ-ám-bi_ = _aḫulap-šu_. POEBEL, PBS. V 152 IX 8: cf. also lines 9 and 10 _ibid._ In later texts _suģ-a_ = _aḫulap_, HAUPT, ASKT. 122, 12. DELITZSCH, H. W. 44_a_. _aḫulap_ has the derived meaning of mercy, the answer to the “How long” refrain as in this passage. See also SBP. 241 note 27 and SCHRANK, LSS. III 1, 53.

68 Cf. _nar-balag nig-dug-ga_, POEBEL, PBS. V 25 IV 48. Our text has the _emesal_ form _ag-zib_.

69 For _dû-na_ = _šalṭiš_, see RA. 11, 146, 33.

72 Probably a variant of _namģalam_, _namģilim_ = _šaḫluḳtu._

_ 74 mûši ù urra_, IV R. 5_a_ 65; CT. 16, 20, 68.

76 Sign _AL_. _šitim_, _šidim_ = _idinnu_ is usually written with the sign _GIM_, POEBEL, PBS. V 117, 14 f. _amelu ĢIM_ = _idinnu_, passim in Neo-Babylonian contracts.

_ 78 munga_ with _ra_, to carry away property as booty, see SBH. No. 32 Rev. 21 and BL. No. 51. The comparison with line 11 suggests, however, another interpretation, _immer-e be-in-ne-ra-ám_, “the storm-wind carried away.”

79 In lines 7 and 9 the verb _tur_ is employed in the sense of “to cause an event to enter,” to bring about the entrance of a condition or state of affairs.

81 The passage refers to the priests’ robes and garments of the temple service. See also SBP. 4, 9.