[24] That is, “Go forth, cause it to be light!”
[25] Literally “the man who is a female dog,” or “lion.”
[26] Literally “stone stakes” or “cones,” the symbols of the goddess Ashêrah. Cf. 1 Kings vii. 15-22.
[27] Tillili, the Accadian name of Kharimat, is here used. Tillili was the wife of the Sun-god Alala symbolized by the eagle, which we are told was “the symbol of the southern” or “meridian sun.” What Sir H. Rawlinson calls the monotheistic party among the Babylonians resolved Tillili into Anatu and Alala into Anu.
[28] This last sentence is found only in the fragment discovered by Mr. Rassam.
[29] Or: He then intelligently.
[30] The fragment brought to England by Mr. Rassam reads 6.
[31] The word used here is ziggurrat, which is employed to denote the towers attached to Babylonian temples. These towers were commonly used as observatories.
[32] Bricks have been found at Warka or Erech bearing the name of a certain king Sin-kudur, who calls himself the son of this same goddess, and describes himself as the builder of the temple of Anu at Erech.