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THE BABYLONIAN COLUMN
391

Raw. ( — ) ( ) X Par sa i molek

l)e S. sar i I" F(ar) s i sar

liez. par -sa -a- a sarru

Raw. X Par sii X Da ri va sar nielek

De S. 't F(ar) 8 D r ia s sar

Rez. par su "^ da ri i'a mus sami

Ixfiw. ki ha m i gab bi at t ii a ab u a

l)e S. ram i t b at t ou a at ou a

J>ez. Ki a am i gab bi at tii u a abu u a

Haw. X \'as ta s' pi abi sa X Vas ta s pi De .V. Is t « p at s Is t s p

Itez. "' us ta az pi abu sa "* us ta az pi

Paraorvph II,


Raw.


X Ar va


ra m n


a


abi sa




De S.


ar ia


r ni 11


ah


at s




liez.


'" ar i'a


-ra am mi'


abu sa




Raw.


X ar va


ra m n


a


X Si 8


pi s



De is.


ar ia


r m n


ah


Ch s


p s



lii'Z.


•* ar i'a


ra am na


>


'"si i


pi is



Raw.


abi sa


X si s


pi s


X Ila


kha ma ni s


a


De -S.


at s


Ch s


p 8


A


kh m n s


a


Rez.


abu sa


"* ^\ is


pi IS


m 1^


l)a ma ni is


}


Raw.


X Da ri


va sar


melek


ki ha


m i gab


bi


Df s.


I) r


ia s


sar


r a


m i ts


b


liez.


  • " (la ri


i'a mus


Sarru


ki a


am i gab


bi


Raw.


a n


♦•bC-^) bi


ha g


a




De .v.


a n


k m


a (1


a




Rez.


a iia


lib bi


a Si


\ a




PVKAGUAPH III.

Raw. ha ga ni ul tu abu t ( )

De *S'. a (I n s t at t Nin

liez. a ni ni ul tu abu u (!") zeru

also at Khor-jabad. 'This discovery,' he adds, *of course tends to discredit tliH readiufj of" melik," and to suggest the uniform adoption of " sarru" ' (.I.R.^i.S. xiv. p. iii, Jiote). The discovery was made by Long])erier in 1847, and lie gives the Hebrew e(juivalent (Rcrae Archeolot/irpie^ 184H, Long- ]>erier to Liiwrnstorn, Sept. 1S47. ]>. oO.S). ()p])ert assigns the credit to De Saulcy {Joarnal Asiatv/ue^ lN")7, ix. 14i^), who mentions it in 1840. Hincks 8e»'ms to have been the first to sugg(\st ' melik ' or * malek ' (1840). H)n Khorsabad,' Trail'*. R. I. Acad. xxii. 39.