[1541] See above, ib.
[1542] See, e.g., Pognon Wadi Brissa, col. ix. ll. 12-18.
[1543] This follows from a passage in Nebuchadnezzar's Inscription, IR. 54, col. ii. l. 57.
[1545] Signifying 'may the enemy not wax strong.'
[1546] See Nebuchadnezzar's Inscription, IR. 56, col v. ll. 38-54.
[1547] So, e.g. during the closing years of Nabonnedos' reign. Winckler, Untersuchungen zur Altorient. Gesch. i. 154; obv. 6 (7th year); 11 (9th year); 20 (10th year); 24 (11th year).
[1548] On the meaning and importance of the rite, see Winckler, Zeits. f. Assyr. ii. 302-304, and Lehmann's Shamash-shumukin, pp. 44-53.
[1549] Eponym List, IIR. 52, no. 1 obv. 45.
[1550] Winckler, Die Keilschrifttexte Sargon's, pp. 52, 124; of Ashurbanabal, the chronicler tells us that he proceeded to Babylonia in the month of Iyyar, but, this not being the proper month, he did not "seize the hands of Bel." See also Winckler, ib. p. xxxvi, note.