[345] Haupt, Akkadische und Sumerische Keilschrifttexte, p. 83. col. I. ll. 1-10.

[346] Wherever feasible, the Babylonian name of the demon will be used in the translations.

[347] Our word 'nightmare' still embodies the same ancient view of the cause of bad dreams as that found among the Babylonians.

[348] See above, p. [182].

[349] IV R. pl. 5.

[350] See Perrot and Chiplez, History of Art in Chaldaea and Assyria, i. 61, 62; ii. 81 for illustrations.

[351] IV R. 2, col. v. ll. 30-60.

[352] The god of humanity. The phrase is equivalent to saying that the spirits are hostile to mankind.

[353] Literally, 'to their second time,' i.e., repeat 'seven are they.'

[354] See Hopkins, The Holy Numbers in the Rig-Veda (Oriental Studies), pp. 144-147.