May the invalid be replaced in the protecting hands of his god.”[395]
Here is the remedy for “diseases of the head,” as given by Hea to Silik-mulu-khi:—
“Come my son, Silik-mulu-khi,
Take a sieve: draw some water from the surface of the river,
Place thy sublime lip upon the water;
Make it shine with purity from thy sublime breath, ...
Help the man, son of his god....
Let the disease of his head depart;
May the disease of his head be dispersed like a nocturnal dew.”[396]
I have already stated that Silik-mulu-khi became in time assimilated with the god possessing beauty or splendor, Mardux.[397] Here are extracts from a hymn addressed to him after the change:—