[73] Questioned by Peiser, ib.
[74] Among many nations the moon is pictured as a horned animal. See Robert Brown's interesting monograph on The Unicorn, pp. 27 seq. et passim; also above, p. [76].
[75] Simply the sign AN (= god, heaven) and the phonetic complement na.
[77] Written An-na, without the determinative for deity. De Sarzec, Découvertes en Chaldée, pl. 37, no. 8.
[78] The second element may also be read dar. See Jensen, Keils Bibl. 3, 1, p. 24, note 1.
[79] Inscription B, col. ii. 19.
[80] See Hommel, Semitische Kulturen, p. 389.
[81] For the sacred character of the swine among the Semites, see W. Robertson Smith's The Religion of the Semites, pp. 201, 272, 332, 457. Rawlinson, iii. 68, 22, occurs a deity, 'swine of the right hand,' i.e., propitious.
[82] Rawlinson, ii. 59, 23. The second element in Pap-sukal is the common Babylonian word for 'servant,' or 'messenger;' other deities therefore standing in a subsidiary position are also called Pap-sukal. So e.g., Nebo and Nusku. See further on and compare Hommel, Semiten, pp. 479, 480.