Addendum On Obv. I 10 F.
Anu in this passage really denotes Sin, the moon, which has been connected with silver on account of its color. The identification of Anu, the heaven god, with the moon god rests upon the astronomical connection between the moon and the summer solstice, see Weidner, Handbuch der Babylonischen Astronomie, 32. Sin is called “Anu of heaven,” King, Magic, No. I, 9, and for the connection with silver, see Virolleaud, Astrologie, Supplement, V II, kaspu ilu A-nu huraṣu ilu Enlil erû ilu Ea. Enlil is connected with gold in Virolleaud, Astrologie, Second Supplement, XVII 14, and Enlil is not infrequently identified with Shamash, see p. 158, 1-2 and p. 308, 18, and gold is the traditional metal of the sun.
The Greek identification of Zeus, the sky-god, with silver is certainly borrowed from Babylonia; see p. 334.
Description Of Tablets
| Number in this Volume | Museum Number | Description |
| 1 | 13856 | Large two column tablet. Unbaked; light brown with dark spots. Top broken away and left lower corner damaged. H. 6-½ inches; W. 4-¼; T. 1-¾ - ¾. Liturgy of the cult of Ishme-Dagan. See pages 245-257. |
| 2 | 11005 | Upper part of a large two column tablet. Unbaked; light brown. Top and left edge of the fragment damaged. H. 3-¾; W. 3-¾; T. 1-½ - ¾. Liturgy of Ishme-Dagan. See pages 258-259. |
| 3 | 7847 | Dark brown unbaked tablet. Right upper corner slightly damaged. Right lower corner broken away. Two columns. H. 8; W. 5-¼; T. 1 - ½. Mythological hymn to Innini. The obverse is translated on pages 260 to 264, but the reverse is too badly damaged to permit an interpretation. The text ends with the line, “Oh praise Innini,” the literary note characteristic of epical compositions. The scribe adds a note stating that there are 153 lines. Written by the hand of Lugal-ģe-a ... son of E-a-i-lù(?).... |
| 4 | 7878 | Light brown fragment from the left upper corner of a large unbaked tablet. H. 3-½; W. 1-½ - 1; T. 1-½ - 1. Duplicate of 7847. This tablet omits the liturgical note, “Oh praise Innini.” It has the colophon, “Written by the hand of Ninurash-mu..., in the presence of Nidaba-igi-pa(?)-...ģe-en.” |
| 5 | 15204 | Single column, dark brown tablet. Partly baked. Left lower corner broken away. H. 4-½; W. 2-½; T. 1-¼ - ½. Psalm to Enlil. See pages 265-268. |
| 6 | 2154 | Single Column, light brown tablet. Top and left lower corner broken. H. 4-¼; W. 2-½; T. 1-¼-½. Lamentation for Lagash. See pages 268-272. |
| 7 | 8097 | Single column, light brown tablet. Lower edge damaged. H. 4-¼; W. 2-¼; T. ¾-½. Liturgical hymn to Sin. See pages 276-279. |
| 8 | 346 | Single column, dark unbaked tablet. Damaged at top and bottom. H. 4; W. 2-½; T. 1--½. Bilingual hymn. See plate 86. |
| 9 | 8334 | Single column, light brown tablet, unbaked. Left upper corner and top of reverse damaged. H. 4-¾; W. 2-½; T. 1-¼-½. Hymn to Innini. |
| 10 | 8533 | Upper part of a large two column tablet. Light brown, soft and crumbling. Purchased by the Expedition in 1895, from Abu Hatab. H. 3-¼; W. 5-½; T. 1-¼-½. Hymn to Enlil. |
| 11 | 7080 | Large light brown tablet; five columns; broken perpendicularly at the middle. Isin period. H. 8-¼; W. 4; T. 2. Liturgy to Enlil. Lamentation for the city of Ur. See pages 279-285. |
| 12 | 6060 | Nearly complete tablet; baked. Temple library (IV). Second Exp. Two column tablet; Cassite period. H. 4; W. 3-½; T. 1-½. Cult symbols. See pages 320-342. |
| 13 | B.M. 78239 | Upper half of large single column tablet. Light brown, partially baked. H. 7; W. 6; T. 2. Acquired by the British Museum in 1888. Late Babylonian edition of the third tablet of the liturgy elum didara to Enlil. See pages 323-329. |
| 14 | 11327 | Lower part of a large unbaked tablet, two columns. Right half almost wholly broken away. Myth of the water god Enki. H. 6; W. 6-½; T. 1-¾. Probably a zag-sal hymn. |
Index Of Tablets
Tablets in this Volume.
| Museum Number | Number in this Volume |
| 346 | 8 |
| 2154 | 6 |
| 6060 | 12 |
| 7080 | 11 |
| 7847 | 3 |
| 7848 | 4 |
| 8097 | 7 |
| 8334 | 9 |
| 8533 | 10 |
| 11005 | 2 |
| 11327 | 14 |
| 13856 | 1 |
| 15204 | 5 |
| B.M. 78239 | 13 |
Other Tablets Translated Or Discussed
Nies 1315, Tablet Virolleaud, 290-308
Poebel, PBS. V No. 26, 272-276
Myhrman, PBS. I No. 5, Radau, BE. 30, No. 2, 285-290
Myhrman, PBS. I No. 8, 309-310
Zimmern, KL. No. 11, 290-308
Zimmern, Ritual Tafeln, No. 27, 330-340
Ashmolean Prism, 311-323
Strassmaier, ZA. VI 241-4, 330-333
Reisner, SBH. No. 18, 327-329
Reisner, SBH. No. 21, 292-297
Reisner, SBH. No. 22, 292-295
Reisner, SBH. No. 25, 300-302