tab (see [Hymn to Adad, line 6]).
An-na (see [Hymn to Adad, line 3] and [Hymn to Bêl, line 18]). Tammuz was a companion of Gišzida in the dominion of Anu. Gišzida was also a god of vegetable growth. At a certain period of the year, Tammuz and Gišzida were stationed in companionship as attendants at the gate of heaven. Here the power of Tammuz to cause vegetation to grow began to be effective. He was, in the first days of his existence, a sun-god, and, stationed in heaven, the rays of his power were felt on earth. So, probably every year, at the time of spring growth, he was conceived of as operating from heaven like a sun.
[3.] a-kala à-ba en dimmer Dumu-zi
The mightiness of his power, the lord Tammuz!
a-kala (see on [line 2]).
à-ba: à (see [Hymn to Bêl, line 14]). ba ([Hymn to Adad, line 25]).
en (see [Hymn to Bêl, line 19]).
dimmer Dumu-zi. Dumu-zi means “son of life”. Dumu ([Hymn to Sin, line 5]). zi (see [Hymn to Bêl, line 23]).
[4.] dumu è-gal-a-ni nu mu-un-su-ga-mu
The son whose temple is not far away!