[246] IR. 14, l. 86.

[247] Babyl.-Assyr. Geschichte, p. 85.

[248] See above, p. [83].

[249] See above, pp. [83], [84].

[250] Cylinder B, col. v. ll. 30 seq.; elsewhere (Rassam Cylinder, col. ii. ll. 115 seq.) he prays to Ashur and Ishtar.

[251] Rassam Cylinder, col. viii. l. 92. Elsewhere, Cylinder B, col. v. 17, Ishtar is called the daughter of Bel. This, however, must be an error; either Sin must be read for Bel, or khirat (consort) for marat (daughter).

[252] See above, p. [151].

[253] See Barton, "The Semitic Ishtar Cult" (Hebraica, x. 9-12).

[254] I.e., c. 1800 B.C.

[255] See p. [154].