FOOTNOTES:

[196] The text is defective at the point where the god's name is mentioned. See Keils Bibl. 3, 1, p. 133. King reads, Lugal-diri-tu-gab.

[197] Kosmologie, pp. 481 seq.

[198] Belser, Beiträge zur Assyr. ii. 203, col. vi.

[199] Kossaer, pp. 25-27.

[200] Delitzsch, Kossaer, p. 33.

[201] See above, p. [105].

[202] Examples of punning etymologies on names of gods are frequent. See Jensen's discussion of Nergal for examples of various plays upon the name of the god. Kosmologie, pp. 185 seq.

[203] Jensen, Kosmologie, pp. 185 seq. and p. 218.

[204] Kosmologie, p. 195.