The Assyrian and Hebrew Hymns of Praise

by Charles Gordon Cumming

Hymns to Nusku

1. R. IV: 2, No. 3; translated by Jastrow, I, 487. It is a short hymnal introduction of eight lines, little more than an invocation to the god.

2. Craig, Assyrian and Babylonian Religious Texts, I, plate 35; translated by Jastrow, I, 487. After nineteen lines the text breaks off. The nineteen lines are of the nature of an invocation.

3. Tallquist, Die assyrische Beschworungsserie, Maklu II, pages 1-17; translated by Jastrow, I, 297. It is a hymnal introduction of eleven lines, addressed directly to the god, and followed by an individual’s petition in seven lines for the destruction of those whose witchcraft was afflicting him.