[1037] As shown by the colophon of K. 2606, and also by the fact that K. 1547, which contains on the obverse the tale, contains on the reverse Etana's prayer to Shamash.
[1038] De la Saussaye's Lehrbuch der Religionsgeschichte (2nd edition), i. 218.
[1040] Perrot and Chiplez, History of Art in Sardinia, Phoenicia, Judea, Syria, and Asia Minor, ii. 176.
[1041] Pinches, Babylonian and Assyrian Cylinders, etc., of Sir Henry Peak, no. 18. Cf. Harper, ib. p. 408.
[1042] A lexicographical tablet, IIR. 56, col. iii. 22-35, mentions four dogs of Marduk.
[1044] See Harper, ib. p. 426.
[1045] The ra is either a phonetic complement to the ideograph or is perhaps added to suggest to the reader the identification with Gir-ra.
[1046] Namely, the connection with Hebrew deber, 'pestilence.' Cf. Harper, ib. p. 426.