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EDITED BY
fCHARD
J.
H.
GOTTHEIL and MORRIS JASTROW
Jr.
Columbia University
University of Pennsylvania
NO.
IHE
ABU HABBA CYLINDER OF NABUNA'ID

(V Rawlinson Pl.
64)
AUTOGRAPHED TEXT
BT
ROBERT J. LAU M.A.

WITH
INTRODUCTION AND A GLOSSARY IN ENGUSH
AND GERMAN
BY
J.
DYNELEY PRINCE PH.D.

Columbia University (New- York)
E.
LEIDEN J. BRILL
1905

RICHARD
J.
H.
GOTTHEIL and MORRIS JASTROW
Jr.
ColoiBbu UniTenity.
UiiiTenity of PennaylTuiia.

KDITKU BT
RICHARD
J.
H.
GOTTHKIL
and
MORRIS JASTROW
Jr.
Colambik Unirersity.
Unirenity of PenniylvanU.
N. V.
THE ABU IIABBA CYLINDER OF NABUNA'ID

(V Rawi.inson
Pi..
64)
AUTOGRAPHED TEXT
BT
ROBERT
J.
LAU
M. A.
AN INTRODUCTION AND A GLOSSARY AND GERMAN
IN ENGLISH
J.
DYNELEY PRINCE
PH. D.
Columbia University. (New- York).
LEIDEN
LATK
E. J.
I3KILL
1906.
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5? 53
S43539
INTRODUCTION.
The great cylinder of Abu Habba

published
in
(Sippar),
was
first
V.
Rawlinbon
PI.
64 and afterwards
in
an improved edition in Abel and Winckler's Keilschrifttextfe,
pp.
40
43.
It
has been translated and discussed

KeiUchriftforschung,
pp.
by
Latrille,
ZeiUchrift fur
231262; 335339, and ZexUehrifi fur Assyriologie, i. pp. 2538, and also more satisfactorily by F. E.
Pbibbr in the KeilxfuchrifUiche Biblxothek^
III,
2,
pp.
96
107.
for
From
is
it
the
purely
historical
point of view
in
this
document
in
one of the most important
exis-
tence,
Nabonidus mentions the date of the
two early Babylonian kings Sargon and his son AardmStHf
which
if correct
would give us a
fixed point (ca.

.
3800
and
high
B. C.) in ancient Babylonian history
The
state-
ments of Nabonidus have, however been questioned
many
scholars
to
now
believe that this date
is
too
also
by 700
1000 years. The inscription
is
VI
peculiarly interesting
owing
to its
having come down
to us from the reign of Nabonidus,
who was
the last
Semitic king of Babylonia (55,5539 B. C).
The causes which

the
transfer
led to the fall of Babylonia
and
be
of
its
empire to the Persians
may
briefly outlined as follows.
Nabopolassar, the father of the great Nebuchadnezzar,
was the
first
independent 4 king of Babylon after the

After
overthrow of Assyria.
an
uneventful reign
of
twenty one years he was succeeded by his son Nebuchadnezzar, the real founder of the empire of Babylon.
This
ror of
monarch was not only a great warrior, the

whose arms was
felt as
ter-
far as
Egypt, and who
by
a
his conquests
made Babylon
the political centre of
mighty empire, but he was
also a lover of art
and
architecture
who
prized his reputation as the restorer
of his capital far
more than
his military fame.
Nebu-
chadnezzar's
racters
successors
were weak and incapable chato protect their
who were unable

although
own crowns.
preruler.
Nabonidus,
decessors,
better
than his immediate

an
ideal
was
far
from
being
He
was the creature of a conspiracy against
his youthful
predecessor, Labasi-Marduk. Nabonidus was, in all probability, not of royal blood, for he calls himself in his
inscriptions
the
son
of a
noble,
''a
and the record

of Babylon."
of decay of
ot
Berosus states that he was

It
is
man
quite
as
evident
early
as
that
the
seeds
were
ripening
the
beginning
Nabonidus'
7n
reign.
Had
at
his
this
least
king been a
different
character, he
might
beyond
haye
delayed
the
final
catastrophe
as is evident
own
lifetime.
But Nabonidus,
his reign,
from the tone of the records of

ftil
was a peace-
prince,
whose
tastes
lay
neither
in
government
nor conquest, but in archaeology and religious architecture.
His inscriptions of which we have an unusually

are
large
number
and
one long
list
of temples repaired
and pious duties performed. Under his feeble sway his

vast
heterogeneous
empire,
lacking
the
strong
hand of a conquering ruler
to punish defection
and
to protect his subjects from foreign attacks, naturally,
began
to
fall
to pieces until, finally,
the Babylonian
power
in
Western Asia became more a shadow than.
a reality.
Toward the
close
of his
reign,
Nabonidus showed
himself even more incapable than in his earlier years,

for,
while devoting especial attention to the repairing
and maintenance of the temples, he entirely neglected

the
defences of the capital, choosing to live in
Tema
who
rather than in Babylon and evidently leaving all mili-
tary
matters to
in
his
son
(B^lSaruûr-Belshazzar)
was probably
no steps seem
the advance
command
of the army. Practically

to
to
have been taken, either

Persians, or to
check
of the
meet them when
they came, so that when Cyrus arrived, he probably
found a people discontented with their king and only

too eager to
welcome a foreign and firmer sway. Both
vm
Sippar and Babylon were taken by the Persians "without battle", which certainly seems to show that a powerful
faction
existed
in
Babylonia in league with the
invaders.
It is
highly probable that the priests of Marduk in

of Babylon
the
city
were especially instrumental in

blow.
bringing about the
final
The
insult to the priestintro-
hood of the city of Babylon was Nabonidus'

duction into the
capital
of other
cults
than that of
Marduk, who had been the tutelary deity of Babylon

from time immemorial. This must have been the act
which
finally turned the scale against the king,
taken
together
with his
criminal slothfulness in protecting

favor or disfavor of the priesthood
his dominions.
The
would naturally
lonia
afiect the
reigning dynasty in Baby-
most powerfully.
It
would indeed have required

such an influence, and
powerful will to withstand
such a will Nabonidus did not possess. In addition to

all
this,
it
may
be
supposed that the large Jewish

to
element,
which had been transplanted
Babylon by
feel par-
Nebchadnezzar and
ticularly
which certainly did not
well
disposed toward the Babylonian kings,

the final pro-
probably played a considerable part in
Persian conspiracy. Their reasons for so doing were of
course
not
identical
It
with
those
of the
discontented
Babylonians.
may
be assumed that the native Ba-
bylonians, glad at any price to be rid of their incom-
petent ruler, were practically forced to
make
the best
IX of a
foreign
supremacy, while the religious element
among
to
the captive Jews, to
whom
been
permission to return
Palestine
may
have
promised beforehand,
certainly
regarded Cyrus as the Anointed of Jehovah

to carry out the will of
who waa
God
its
in
every respect
and utterly destroy Babylon and
gods. This hope
Cyrus was, of course, wise enough not to realize.
The two most important

Persian
records relating to the

its
fall
of Babylon under Nabonidus and
capture by the
Cyrus are
the
*'Cyru8
Cylinder"
and
the
"Annals of Nabonidus",
documents, see
for information
regarding which
my Commentary on Daniel, pp. 261 263.

Seis
The Babylonian form of the Assy ro- Babylonian

mitic
language in
which the Abu-Habba Cylinder
written differs only slightly from the Assyrian language

as
we have
The
it
in
the
records
of the later Assyrian

is
kings.
student's
attention
especially called to
the following essentially Babylonian peculiarities which
appear in the
Ionian
Abu Habba Cylinder;

b
ioT
viz., (1)
-
the baby8,
use
of
e-bi-iS,
in
III.
16.
p in s i - b i - i r u II, (2) The Babylonians used g

,
for k
many instances; thus, gagadu, gagaru, gatu, again, etc. (3) The Babylonians were more fond p of representing the mimmation than were the Assy-
Na-bi-um-na-id, ga-tim, II, IS, in-nam-du-u, II, 27 from nadii; for the interrians;
thus,
calation
of a
nfldi,
cf.
liiandil,
II,
36.
The Baby-
lonians also were inclined to indicate the character of
the vowels
more accurately than were the AssyrianB,

I,
e.g.
e-im-û,
by
= emku.
characters will be found
The Babylonian forms of the

arranged
to
this
my
is
colleague Mr.
to
Lau
in his syllabary
inscription,
whose
skilled
hand the auto-
graphed text
likewise due.
Columbia University.
November 1904.
J.
Dynelby Prince.
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ABBREVIATIONS.
Br.
Del.
= Brtinnow's Classified List. (Leyden 18871889). = DeUtzscWs Assy rische Grammaî/v. (Berlin 1889) [quoted = Delitzsch, AssyrischesHandwortevbuch.(Le\pz\g\f^9Q).
Ideograph.
by Paragraphs].
Hwb.
Id.
Imp.
luf.
Imperative,
"
Infinitive.
Muss-Arnolt.
Muss-Arnolt,
concise
Dictionary
of the
Assyrian Language. (Chicago 1895

Ptc.
Pi.
1905).
= participle. = plural. Prec. = precative. Prs. = present.

Pit.
preterite.
J.
Prince, Dan.
D. Prince, Critical
Commentary on
the Book
of Daniel. (Leipzig and

St. Cstr.
New-York 1899).
Status Constructus.
^^
" ^S': /<êa^
0^^^
^^
^ ^^^M
bHti^
alu
city,
Stadt,
1"; determinative before
city-
names; V.
D aba
2'
father,
Fater;
a-bi-u, 3"; ab-bi-e-a,

Vdter)
my
fathers,
meine
Fciier,
ab-bi-e-su
ib-bi,
his
fathers, teine
3".
adj.
D3N be
bright,
shine, Aell sein^ scAeinen;

2'*,
shining, bright,
2".
mt^ abfita
surety, guarantee, Sicker Aeii, EnUcheidung
a-bu-tu, 2". Note

tercede,
sich
that
abutu 9ab&tu = inFursprache einlegent
take
one's
part,
auf Jemandea
Seite aiellen.
p^(
abim
stone, Stein)
determinative before names of
stones and jewels, as 2'.
p ub&na
"13
finger,
a measure of length, Finger ^ Ldn-
genma^s; 2^^
(id.).
eberu cross over,

farther
Uberschreiten\
jenseiligei
a-bar-ti, the
U/er; used as
l*K
I**.
bank of a nver,
a preposition: on the other Bide, jeMeits^
DDK ab&ta
destroy, vem%chten\ II
Prt.
ubbit,
n3M egft, Babylonian for T\p^ zaudern] e-gi,
e^Q
err, hesitate, tVrffi,
P\
%
18
"OJ^
igaru outer
wall,
Wandumsc/diessimf/
i-ga-ru-
su, 2".
nii^*
adi as far
as,
dis^
1**; while, wahrend^ 2'*.
IJ^ admiinu
tt^lJ<3
dwelling, abode,
sei?r,
Wohistdtte, 2''. adv.
edesu be new, neu
essis newly,
7ieu,
2\
YM^*
isu
small,
pi.
insignificant,
wenigy gering an Zahl\
masc.
TTi<*
i-su-tu, P^.
strong, irritated, angry, stark ^ erzUrntf
1*'.
ezezu be
ergrimmt sein; i-zii-uz-ma,
im ahu
side,
SeUe; a-hi
ifi
ad- da
cease,
did not lay
down
my
ia-ti,
side
did
not
ic/i
hgte meine Seite
nicht nieder
= ick
3'^^;
horte nicht auf,
P.
ia-a-ti,
accus.
2^'\
ia-a-i,
person
2ô.
Nota
"J^..
of the
first
= Hebr.
""Pi^.
inu eye, Auge) i-ni-su;

his eyes, seine
2^^: [variant
for plural)].
in Ti-su,
Aug en (dual
ekurru, a Sumerian word
house of the mountain,

2*^.
Berghaus) temple, Tempel,
b^
ilu
god,
Gott]
pi.
il^ni, determinative before
names
h)^
of gods.
e.
Determinativ vor GUiernamen^ V.

g.
X^^,
ul not, nicht,
elft
Th>^
be high,
to,
Jioch sein]
hence the preposition eli

to, auf,
upon,
unto, against, over, in addition

iiber,
entgegen^
ausser,
mehr
als;
against,
me/ir
als,
ent2*.
gegen^
V^: eli sa more than,

P'.
ptc.
Adj. eliti upper, oheres,

"I^^^^
alaku go, come, gehen\ masc.
with
pi.
noun
19
a-lik 1", 1*^ a-li-ka-at,

lil-li-ku, 3",
prt.
fern. ptc.
3";
prec.
u-Sa-lik-u
2**^
V\
/erti, weit
ull&na further, yonder, of time and place,

zuruckliegend: a
ul-la-nu-us-Su
aua^
from long
ago,
8eit
langem,
of,
t?o,
alia from, out
2'^
Wortf Befehl',
st.
now Am&tu word, command,

te^<
cstr.
a-mat, 1". aniMu man,

of vocations,
Mensch. Determinative before names

officials,
nationalities, etc. e.g.
1'*.
DDK umiiiu DDK amniata

|DK.
mother. Mutter, 1*, 2'^ (id.).

cubit, EUe-,
Hebr.
npît,
2^^ (id.).
ummana
(Del.
65")
people,
army, Volky Heer\
um-ma-ni-8U, P^; um-ma-ni-ia, P^

animannianda,
1'^: the great horde, die grosse
Horde
(Muss-Arnolt, 559).
pDK
eniAka strength, Kraft) e-mu-ga-a-u,

(babylonian dialect),
l'*^
e-im-ku,
nOK am&ra
adj.
wise, klug,
P.
ni-me-I<:u, wisdom, WeisAeit, 1". (Del. 65").

see,
find, seAen,
I
Jinden; Prt.
a-mu-ur-
ma,
2'**,
2**,
3^
found, icA /and;

prec.
bit,
relative
mood;
f/egen,
i-mu-ru, 2*, li-mur-ma, 3*\
ana
against,
up
t'fi,
to,
in*
in, by,
I,
durcA,
|:k an&ka
icA,
V,
anfleAen,
PK. implore, pray,

S*'-*,
beten
un-nin-n
i - i
my
supplications,
tueiîe
Seufzer*
20
p^^
be
hostile,
feindlich
sein=E.Q\ir,
\IV',
un-nin-
nu-u, 1": whose command was

dessen Befehl nicht ungunstig war.
not unfavorable,
as-knp-pu
Ifi^Di^*
lintel,
threshold, TUrschwelle, 3^.
epesu make, do, tuny machen\ prt. epu: prs. ippus (Del. 90 note); e-pu-us-ma, 1**; epu-Su, 3', relative mood "which he made"; ip-pu-su, 3**, relative prs. sing.; e-pi-su,
inf.
1^*;
e-bi-i,
ptc.
(bab.)
3'^
pi.
epsetu (Del. 69) construction, Ausfiihrung;

se- ti-su, 2';
Werke,
3*o.
ip-
ip-se-tu-u-a
my
works, meine
Y^H iu
tree,
wood, Baum, Holz. Determinative before

J2'^
names of woods and wooden implements;
isu
gusuru
D"lfc^*
(id.).;
isu kastu,
Prt.
3-^ (id.).
erebu
Inf.
enter,
eintreten,
erub;
Prs.
irrub.
e-ri-bi-ka, 2^^ 3'^ e-ri-bi, 2^ ereb

sunset, Sonnenuntergang^
3** (id).
samsi
i<.3"it^
four,
Vier) ir-bit-ti,
P.
mi.
(Del. GS^â).
(id.), 1 ^^.
l"i
ardu
slave, Knecht, pi.

cf.
ard^ni; arad-su
v.
2=^.
arhu month, Monai,
s.
erinu cedar, Ceder; 2S 2'^ 2",

earth, Erde, 1'^
p^< irsitu
tfihN.
eresu smell, exhale perfume,

eris.
riechen, duften. Prt.
eresu odor, perfume, Buft^ Geruch\ i-ritheir perfume, ihr
is-sina
esmarft
a
Gernch^ 2'^.
bright jewel of some kind, ein gldnzender
Edehtein, 2'^
21
P|1S^
iSpata quiver, KocAer; iS-pa-ti, 3".
'yftH
asru
place, Flalz, Stelle;
with
suffii
aS-ru-uS-
Su,
2^
2*^ 3*^
2; 3".
V^M
0u fouDdation, FutuUmeni; ui-Su, 1"; with

suffix
u-u-Su,
s.
ei anew, see
v.
;^M>.
rw
itti
with, against, i^, (/eên.
TTiH itt&tu sigDs, ZeicAen;
lidammil^ it-ta-tu-u-a
2"; 3*^ 3".
may
he make
my
signs fayorable, mope er meine
ZeicAen giinstig macAen,
atta thou, du; at-ta, 3*^.
rwo
11,1,
seek,
sucAen;
W^
u-ba-'-ma,
2**^;
u-ba-'-u,
2*^, (relative
mood).
3MD b4ba
^D
gate, TAor,
2'^ Blibtli Babylon, interpreted
as gate of God,
V, 3^
beAemcAen. Prt. ib^l; prec.
Wlu
rule, possess,
lubfel, 3".
Mln
lord,
pi.
master,
Herr,
pi.
b616,
P,
2.
id.
Fern.
WIta
bftUti, 3",
1,
3>* (id.),
n^ te
rD3
bitu house, //aiw,
1"; b!t-8u,
âum,
bal&lu heap up, auftcAutten. Prt. iblul,
2*.
banO
2*.
build,
create,
erzcugen.
Prt.
ibni;
2",
ab-ni-ma,
2*;
ptc.
ba-ni-Su-un(nu),
22
DiD
band
this
shine, be bright, erhellen, erleuchten.
From
comes lit:b& ba-ni-ti,
2'^:
er
may
be pro-
nounce
my
good fortune; moge
mein Heil aus-
sprechen.
TTQ barft discern, durchschauen. Prt. ibri; ab-ri-e-
ma,
nra
baSti
S^'O;
III,
u-sab-ru-'-in-ni,
1'.
V\
biru glance, vision, Blick, Traum^

be,
have, sein, hahen, Prs. ul i-ba-a-Si

sie
they are no more;

i:i:i
dnd
nicht
mehr da,
for
P^
gagaru ground, Erdboden (babylonian
kakkaru),
"IDJ
gimru
ri-u
totality, all,
Gesammtheit',
ana pat gimUrn-
in its
whole extent;
in seinern ganzen
fang, 2\
mj
"ltt^:i
garii
enemy, Feind;
3^.
pi.
gare ga-ri-ia,
2'*;
ga-ri-su,
gustiru beam, Balken\ (isu)
gusuru,
2^^.
"in
daru
everlasting, ewig, 3^*, 3^^; fem. dariti(id.)
1^: dflru eternity, EwigJceit,
3^^
a judge, 2*^
pi danu judge, richten;

riDl
da-a-anu
2^^.
daku overthrow,
reissen.
pull down, niederwerfen^ nieder-
Prt.
ad-ki-e-ma,
Turfliigel',
daltu door-post,
pi.
dalati, 2*S
3'.
n"?!
dalahu
1,
disturb,
trouble, triiben. Piel
dulluhu,
sein,
II,
2".
favorable,
pDl daiuaku be pure,
hdlf
gmdig
23
1
u-dam-ma-]û relative mood, 3*^ prec. lidam-mi-Hc, 11"; imp. du-um-mi-i^,
damiktu kindness, mercy, Gnade, Huld; da-miik-ta-u, 3^'. The id. occurs 2', 3". Fem. pi.
damâti,
2\ dannu
adj.
2", 3'^
3*'.
II,
pi daniknu strengthen,
sidrkeHf
udanninma,
masc.
pi.
strong, siari,
31.
V; dan-nu-tu
diSpi
(id.)
of
Îth di^^pa honey, Honig-,
2*.
and, und]
ndfi
V, 1".
firm,
establish, fesUeizen^
mi
make
he8timmm\
estasie
Prt.
u-ad-du-ni
for
(the day)
in a
which they had
blished
me
dream; [den Tag)

2'.
dm
im Traum mir feslgeseizl; 1",
"61 aliidu beget, bear, erzengen^ geddren; Ptc.
a-li-di-
ka he who
hat] 3.
has begotten
thee,
<^r
rfu?A erzeugt
asa go
III.
1
forth,
ausgeken',
2.
Inf.
i^h
2,
3*^ (id.);
u.Se-9U.u.
î-it
^tta
(Del. 39) a
going
forth, product, da^ llervor-
spriesseti;
libbi-iu
2*<>;
his
offspring
(pi.),
seine
Sprostliuge,
î-it 8am.si the East,

ihe
OsUh,
2*^;
fi-it
arhi
new moun
(be-
24
ginning of the month), Neumondf {der Anfang
des
Monats\
2'^.
&tu a going
Zeit'y
forth, ancient time, Hervorgehenj uralte
ul-tu
seit
u-mu
a-a-ti from time immemo1*.
rial,
"Ip1
ewigen Tag en y
costly,
akaru be
teuer sein;
adj.
ftqnru costly,
kostbar\ masc. pi.
u-qu-ru-tu, 2^^
cstr.
nm arhu
month, Monat]
arah;ar-l}i,
monallicA,
1^" (!<!)>
2^*,
ar-l)i-am-ma monthly,
"]"11
adv.;
arSiku
be long,
latig
sei7i]
3'
li-sa-ri-ik
may
he prolong, moge
Dtt^l
er verldngern,
sitzen,
asabu
sit,
dwell,
3^.
wohnen\
III,
u-se-
si-ib, 2",
woAnen;
caused to
dwell,
ich Hess be-
u-se-si-bu, 2^^
Ptc.
a-si-bu-tu
su-
who
sabtu
dwell, welche bewohnen^ 2^^.
(Del. 39) dwelling place,

110;
Wohnsitz)
cstr.
ba-at,
\^^
su-ba-at-su,
1^'.
1".
pi.
suttu (Del. 39) dream, Traum\
sunati, su-
natu; su-ut-ti,
"f^^
asapu
rungy
to
conjure.
(id.),
aSipAtu conjuration, Beschw'6-
P*
1
"ini
ataru be more than, iu excess

III,
of, iiberschussig
sein)
u-Sa-ti-ir-ma
I increased,
ich vei-mehrie^
bni
zahaM
a metallic composite, eine metallene Zusammen-
setzung. Of. Muss-x\rnolt, Assyr. Diet., p.
277^;
2**.
25
pT zam&nn enemy, Feind;

opponents;
Assi/riologief V.
am 61
za-ma-ni-ia
2".
cf.
my
fur
meine Widersacheff
87.
Zeita,
pi
zanann
care for, ^^ôtu, fordern^ ausstailen, Ptc. za3^*.
ni-in, 1'; za-ni-in-ka,

npT
zikkurata pyramid shaped
tower in
connection
with Babylonian and Elamitic temples, pyramidenartiger Tempelturm)
zik-ku-ra-ti-Su,
3*.
n
ttdn
îbBta wood,
j^dft
Gehblz, GebiiscA;
rejoice,
2"
sein,
(with kiSti).
nm
be glad,
pi.
froA
2>,
jîdttu joy
Freude;
bi-da-a-ti,
2o.
hadiS, adv. (Del. 80 b) joyfully, freudig; 2^\ 3".

P)^n
âlftpa
cover,
(Del.
decken.
tahlupa
roofing,
Beda-
Chung)
2^
65" e).
n âttu
sceptre. Stab.
learn, aehen^ lertien. Prt. 1 p., a-fei-it,
O'^n \k\VL see,
pbn lîlftkn be destroyed,

fem.,
vertilgt
werden.
II,
ptc.
mu-J)al-li-ka-at, 3".
(id.).
pn
2yc
)âr&$a gold. Gold; 2
D
^ba
be good, sweet, gut,
siiss sein,
II, 1
Ptc.
muGuiej
ti-ib, 3'*; adj.

Bubst.
\khn good, sweet,

goodness,
gut, suss, 2'*;
(Aba
;
sweetness,
joy,
Freude
l',
tub
1 i
bb
joy of heart, Uerzensfreude,
2".
26
Idu hand, side of the body, Hand^

ginally dual,
Del.
67*);
Seite;
pi.
(ori-
i-da-a-u
at his side
(collective) 3*;
i-di-Su,
V;
i-di-ia, at his
(my)
side,
1'^
pi.
DV Amu
2*0.
day,
Adv.
ume, ume-ia (id.), u-mi-am-ma daily, ta^licA,

Ta^
2",
3^S
2,
3'.
p^ imna
right side, recAte Seite. imittu, 2^^.
3
1DD kibratn region,
IID
Gebiet\ pi.
kibr^ti,
1*.
kadaru doutful meaning, Bedeutung nock

stimmt\
2^*.
p.
unbe-
ka-ad-ri-is
See
Jensen,
as a defence
(?),
zum
Schutze,
Kosmologie der Babylonier,
392.
place,
DID
ktimu
chamber, Platz, Kammer\
ku-um3^;
mi-ka, 3'^ kanu establish, /^5%^;

prec.
prt.
ukin, 2S 3",
legitim',
lu-ki-in,
3o.
2^^.
ireu,
klnu
1'3,
"D
faithful, legitimate,
ki-i-nim,
kima
III,
like,
1
as,
wie, 2^^.
bb'2^
complete,
make
ready, fertig machen^ 2,
2", 3^
v\
Seiten,
1^^.
kilallan on both sides, auf beiden

D^D,
II,
1 cause to see, se/ien lassen;
u-kal-lim-anbound condition,
ni, 2^
nCD
kaiiiA bind, bindcn.
kaiiiiitu a
27
ein
gebundener Ziutand, idiomatically used, 1":
ka-mu-ut-su him
F)DD
bound, iAn gebunden,

(id.).
kaspa
silver, Silber^
2^
DID karmfita
ruin, Ruine^
1*\
(id.).
ro karanu
wine,
Wein, 2*
TO
Tttd
karilra jump(?), apringenij),
kirru lamb, Lamm,
2", 2
(id.).
kasAdu subdue, conquer,
Steven, untenoerfen\
prt.
iksud. Prec. li-ik-su-ud,

T^-D kitu forest,
2'^; Inf. i-na kaSa-du, 1". Note i-na followed by nominative.
Wald,
2'.
vh 1&
not,
nicht,
l^ General negative. Cf.
!?
= ul.
1",
2.
ZZh libbu heart,
interior, seat of the emotions,
womb,
Herz, fnneres, Leib,
P, V^, 1",
3.
P^ labAnu make
pi.
id!?
bricks, Ziegel streichen, libittu,

(id.),
libnati
2".
1", !*; lib-na-at-su,
labAru become
2*0,
old, alt icerden;
labiru
old, alt^
^b
lab&Su be clothed, bekleidet

ileiden;
sein. Ill, 1 clothe, be-
u-sal-biS-ma,
Fiille,
2*'.
rbh lalA plenty,
2".
nehmen,
bringen] Prt. il-ki,
3''\
Htpb likA
1*^;
take,
bring,
Imp. accept li-ki-e-ma,
D
nia
enclitic
adverb and emphatic particle (Del. 79);

2*, cl jxusim.
am-ba-a^-ma,
28
1^^.D
"13D
m&m
ur,
son, Sohn; cstr. in,r,
1,
;
!* (id.;.
mag&ru
be favorable, giinstig sein
Imp.
mu
gu-
30; Prec.
kill,
li-im-gu-ra, 3*^
J^riD "iriD
maMsu
maharn
erschlagen]
am-ha-a-ma,
to,
2.
stand
opposite
Ill, 1
meet, accept, gegenI
iibertretetif
annehmen.
u-sam-hi-ir,
caused
them
niahru
to accept, ich Hess sie annehmen,

Forderseite, also adj.
is
2^^.
front,
= former, frilAer.
i.
The word
place;
2';
b)
used of place and time,
e.
a) of
i-na ma-l>ar Sin

3^^;
before Sin, vor Sin,
ma-l>ar-su,
of time malii-ri-ia, 1";
ma-har-su-nu, 11"; Sarru mah-ri

3^'.
a former king, ein fruherer Konig, 2^^; eli a
mah-ri more
J^te
than before, mehr als friiher,

II,
malA
be
full,
voll sein.
^^
fallen;
u-ma-
al-li-ma, 2^\
]D
mannu who, whoever, wer du auch seist, na-ma anyone, irgend jemand, 2^^.
Tafel,
Votivtafel, 2*^,
3**;
ma-
"IDD niusarti inscription, tablet, votive tablet, Inschrift,
2*^ 3".
stUrzen,
III,
npD makatu overthrow,
li-sa-am-
kit, 2^'; li-sam-ki-ta,
3^0.
DD matu
land, country.
Land;
Vy V^
(id.).
"l^^.i
niiru light, Licht\
cstr.
nu-ur, 3^^
J^Di
nabii
call,
name, rufen, nennen. Prs.

3*^.
inambi;
i-nam-bu-su-ma,
(Del. 49b).
29
\S2^
n&h^J^
bi-it
I
shine,
glow;
it
leuchten.
Ill,
u-sa-an-
caused
to shine, ich liess e^ leuchten^
^
mi
nag&pii babylonian for nakftpn rush forward,

geheUf einherstiirmen
stoisen.
II,
;
los-
hence gore (said of a bull),
1,
Ptc.
mu-nag-gip who
\
gores
back
np-dfl
my
foes, der
meine Feinde
prt.
zuriickstosstt 2'*.
lay down, niederlassen
iddi; ad-da,
P; ad-di-ma, 2% 3": &la u
m4ta
la in5)
nam-du-u
had not
Stadt
IV,
I Prt. (Del.
49b and
who
settled in the city
and country, der in
und Land sick
nicht niedergelatsen hatte, 2'^.

pi.
Dli nindabfi free will oSering, freiwillige Opfergahe\
nin-da-bi-e, 3".
TO n&û
tive
rest,
fall in
(Temple), rvhen^ verfalien] relafallen into
mood, in-na-})u-ma which had

izziz, V^
decay; der verfalien war, 3**.

TTi
naz&zu
place, stellen, Prt.
usziz
(Del.
37, end), 2>\
1D2
nak&da perhaps
gesagt). Fri.
originally palpitate, (said of the
heart), vielleicht urspriinglich klopfen, {vom
Herzen
afraid.
ak-kud, P, 2";
terror, Furckt,
became
icA erschrak, construed with the
noun iiakudtu,
P% 2"
b^l
fear,
nakAla
sein.
II,
be
1
skilful,
crafty,
I
vertchlagen,
kuMllich
u-nak-ki-lu
made
my
work
or-
nate, icA
macAU meine AiufuArung
kuntivoll, 2*.
II, I
"Di nakAru oppose,
alter, widertleAen, dndern,
Prt.
30
u-nak-ka-ar,
soil
es
3**:
he shall not change

II,
it,
er
nicht
it,
dndei'n.
Prt.
2^^.
u-nak-ki-ir
I altered
ich dnderte es,
nakru enemy, Feind; am^l nak-ru, 3'*; pi. naak-ru-ti-ia my enemies, meine Feinde, 2'\
TOi nukusii doorhinge, Turangel
IDi
;
pi.
nu-ku
s e
3*.
namaru become light, shine, leuchten, 2^^: II, 1 u-nam-mi-ir I caused to shine, ich Hess leuchten.
light-bearer, luminary, Licht, Leuchte, \^^.
cf.
nannara
Zeits. f.
Assyriologie
XVI, 408.
pDi nasaku glorify, prachtig herrichten, a ban nisiktu

jewels, Edelsteine, 2^.
napahu Niphu
the
kindle,
fan,
inflame, anzunden, eniflammen.
rising of sun or
moon; ina ni-ip-hi

3'".
at
rising
of the
moon, beim Aufieuchten des
Mondes^ 2**; of the sun, der Sonne,

npi
nakti pour out,
offer,
ausgiessen. Prt.
3.
ikki: ak-
ki-ma,
nikti
(Del.
22.
Prec. liq-qi,
65^^,
end)
sacrificial
lamb, Opferlamm,
2", 2*^
nasft
bear,
bring,
tragen,
bringen.
Fem.
Ptc.
na-
sa-ta, 3"; Imp. i-si, 1".

nisu lifting up, Erhebung)
cstr.
nis, 2^\
D
nCD snpA
"inn
supplication,
Gebet, 2*^,
3*\
sick wen-
sah^ru surround, turn toward, umgeben,

den nack; Ptc.
sa-l)i-ir-um-ma, 1'^
81
^DD sakalln messenger,
Bote-,
cstr.
sukal
(id.),
2**,
D^D 8al4ma turn towards^

1.
8l8U horse, P/erd, 1
(id.).
zuioenden; Prt.
is-li-mu,
PDD sap&û
|0D
scatter, zerstreuen; II,
1,
u-aap-pi-ij);
sap&nn subdue,
uberwaltigen. Prec.
li-is-pu-an,
Ptc.
sa-pi-in, 2'^ sa-pi-na-at, 3".
^30
pag&ln bab.
II,
for
pak&ln be
1*'.
extensive, ausdehnen,
1
ate
Perm,
pu-ug-gu-lu
cstr.
they are extensive,
find auspedeAni,
pk\vL border,
Grenze;
pa-at
m&t
1**;
Miir,
1*.
p&ln reignyear,
Regiemngsjahr\ nom. accQS.

gen.
pa-lu-
u-a,
3**.
2^^^;
pa-li-e-a,
pa-li-e-Su,
rbQ pal&ha
(e^r, furcAten.
Prt.
ap-la-ah,
P^
ptc.
pa-li-ih,
1; adv.
pa-al-l>i-i5 with reverence,
ehrfurchiig^
d'Ô
1*\
rUD
see, ieheti, IV, 1; Prt. lip-pal-sa-anni-ma, 2^'. Imp. na-ap-li-si-ma, 3*; 3''. p&na fiace, Antlitz; pa-nu-u-a, 1", 2"; ul-tu
palAsu
pa-ni, 3".
71D pariikQ bar
in a
off,
absperrent hence
parakka room
;
temple
set apart for the Deity, Goilergemach

(id.)
parak-ka
3>^
32
^l^^D paSftsu anoint, salben, Prt.
ap-su-u, 2".
Prec.
li-ip-su-ui, 3*^
"!{<!{
be high, hoch
sein.
iru high, strong, hochy stark,
2",
3'8; fern.
pi.
irtu, P^-mascpl. irutu, 2'0;

3*.
iiber;
fern.
sirati,
Sru prep, upon, over, auf,

dar liber f 2^K
rO)i
irussu, over
it,
abatu
seize,
capture,
nehmen.
Prt.
isbat; i3^.
ba-at-ma, P^; a-ba-at-ma,

li-is-ba-at, 2'\
"in5{
2**^,
Prec.
sahru small,
ah-ri, 1^^
insignificant, klein, unbedeutend;
sa-
rh)i
Hy)i
implore, anflehen taslitu supplication, Bitten^ 3*.

shade, protect, beschatten, beschutzen.
65*^) roof, covering, Bedachung. 3'.
ulMa
(Del.
t^Dp
kibft
speak,
sprechen,
Prt.
ikbi; 2
p.
ta-ak3^'
;
bu-u, 1*, P^ Prec. li-ik-bu-u, 2'\ ik-ba-a, 2'^

kibttu word, command, Rede, Befehl\
323, 349.
cstr.
li-
5cibit,
ki-bi-ti-su-nu, 1^^
mp
kadrftgift, Geschenk;
fall to
ka-ad-ra-a, 2*\Hwb.
;
600).
np kapu
fell
decay, einsturzen
Prt.
i-ku-pu they
in,
sie
sind eingefallenj 2^^,
33
np
^p
kfttn
(bab.
hand,
Hand-^
Jca-tu-u-a,
3''
ga-tim
1**.
for k), 2', 3.
kftpa entrust, anvertrauen, Prt.

sicA
1
i-î-pu-nu,
I,
Dip kar&ba draw near,
ndhem.
2 Prt. li-H^-
ta-ra-bu,
kirbu
1",
midst,
2,
2^'.
Ill,
bring, hringen\ Imp.
su-
ut:-ri-ba, 3*^
M\tU\
cstr.
î-rib,
1,
V^\
also
2*.
riB^ kaStu bow, Bogen\ (isu)
^[aUu, 3"
(id.).
Di<0 rftma
love,
have mercy on,
lieben, tchonen.
!>*,
pi.
narftmn
3'^
2*'.
l'.
beloved, GeUebter, (Del. 31a),
2^*,
Dn limu
tt^-|
wild
ox,
WildocAs;
rim^ni,
cstr.
'ti^^.
reSa head,
ZTawjo^ (Del.
32a);
ri-e,
r^tA
2^Mn
former, ancient, fruAer, uralt,
exult, jauchzen;
rMAta
pi.
form used as sing.
(Del. 32a) gladness, Frohlichkeit, 2,
2*^
ND1 four,
riD")
vier;
ir-bit-ti P.
rabtl be large, grots sein; adj.
rabA
pi.
great, yrow;
fem.
sing,
rabiti,
(id.).
3^*;
maso.
rabuti V,
PS 2"
rubft prince,
Fiirst,
1',
P^
(id.).
tarbltu (Del. 65^'rf) offspring, Spross,
2'.
m ragga
311 ribu
evil,
dose, schlecktf
3**.
waning of the moon, vertcAmndendes Mondes;

u
i-na ni-ip-|)i
riba, 2",
3*:
dtfim
-/<{/*-
UucAten und VertcAwinden,

8
"
34
DD")
rak^bn
po,
ride,
:
reiten,
fahr^n, rukfibu (Del. 65")
3"
act of riding, Fahren.

werf^.i, bewohnen^
1';
Inf.
riDI
ramft throw, inhabit,
i-na ra-mi-e-ka when thou

bewohnst.
III,
dwellest, wenn
3^^:
Du
u-sar-ma-a,
Harz
Imp. su-
ur-ma-a.
pp'^
rittn
rikku perfumed
rasfl
posin,
2, 23 (id.). 3",
3^^
grant, give, geben. Prt.

pi.
ar-si-e-ma, P,
u-
2'^
ll^"l
ir-su-u,
III,
1*5.
raMn
1 establish firmly, fest grUnden)
ar. si-id, 2".
^m
fasten, befe-stigen]
u-ra-at-ta-a,
{y
2'^;
3^.
i:^
sa
relative
pronoun
1*,
of
1".
all
genders,
Fitrwort
fur
alle Geschlechter,
Siisu he, that one, er, jener ; s a
a-
"
'',
'
(Del.
55b).
that one, der, jener, e.g.
1
uMim
"iDt!'
V^, V^.
;
n^^^ run away, entrinnen, Prt.
a-se-it, P*.
sabd.ra bab. for sapA,ru. sibru art, construction,

Kunst, Ausfuhrung
;
bi-ir-
2*, 2^
3^, 3^"*.
13^ sibirru
staff,
sceptre, Stab, 3^^.
m^
sadii
mountain,
Berg.
Det.
before
names
of
mountains.
hyv adalu
be extensive,
%oeit
sein. II, 1
Free, li-sa-
an-di-il,
2^^ (Del. 52):
may
he prolong, moge er
35
nn^
ah&tii be disturbed, versiort sein
a-hu
t,
2**.
itS^ at^ro write, schreiben, Si^ru writing, inscriptiou,
iMchrift] si-ti-ir fiu-um, 2*^
Cir gftma Slmtu
fix,
9etzn\
i-Si-inu, Prt.
pi.
pi.
1.
fate,
ScAichal;
im&ti
(Del.
Hio6.
654<5).
pV
lâk&nn
do,
make,
establish,
tun,
machen.
Prt.
aS-kun-ma,
Sakanakku
"iDtC^
2*^ Prec. Pres. lis-Sa-ki-in, 2";
li-kun-ina, 3*^
prefect,
governor, Statlhalter,
(id.).
V^
(id.).
ikarn date- wine, Battelwein, 2
Jlh^
sal&ma be whole, sound,

II,
1
:
wohlbehalten
aus/iiAren.
sein.
In
perfect,
carry
out,
Ptc.
fern.
mu-al-li-ma-at
aus/uArt, 3", 3^.
she
who
2^,
carries
out, die
Sainio favorable,
giinstig,
l***,
"fw allarn
îfyv
clay- wall,
LeAmmauer\ al-la-ar-Su,
in the third year,
2*.
i-na sa-lu-ul-ti atti

dritten JaAre,
1*.
;
im
Soma name, Aawtf csir. Sum, 2*'; Su-mi-ia, 3**. D^ SemA hear, Abren. Prec. li-iS-me-e-ma, 2*";
D2^
li-iS-mu-u,
3*'.
UmtL
bwSStf
TVytt
favorable, guMtig-,
Se-mi-i,
Seile,
1,
2"^ (id.).
gomÛ
lea
Bide,
Unke
linh\ 2'^ (id).
^mA
Jteninn
heaven, Himmel, l';
8a-ma-mi,
Durst),
8", (a
form like
pw
ûmftmu thirst. oil, d7, 2*, 2" (id.).

sun.
<Sonnc,
VCV damdn
2'^;
ilu iam-$i; ilu a-
86
ma
n^tS^
(id.),
name
s. v.
of the sun-god,
SaSSu).
Name
dea Sonnen-
gottea (see
Sand
repeat, wiederholen.
2*',
anA another,
ein Jnderer;
sa-nim-ma,
s
gen.
79^^).
with mimmation
from
an am ma
(Del.
Sattu year, JaAr,
1"
(id.);
San^ti, 2^^
2'
lip,
(id.).
DD^ apta
lip,
Lippe;
sap-tu-uk-ka thy
II, 1
deine
Lippe, 2'^\
b^'^ ap&la be low, niedrig sein.
Prt.
u-ap-pimackte es
il-ma
iiefer,
caused
2*'.
it
to
be deeper,
icJi
ap]a
adj. lower,
unterev, fem.
saplitu
sei?i.
1**.
VTW
^'^
8ard.hn
be
powerful, mdchtig
tasrihtu a
large number, gewaltige Menge, 2^^.
sarrn king,
1,
Kbnig\
cstr.
sar
pi.
Sarr^ni, P,
1'*,
1", 1", 2
(id.).
Sarrfttu
(Del.
royal power, Konigsherrschaft, 1^,

65^*).
2*'^.
3*^
TW
sar^rn glory, magnificence, Glanz,

(Del. 80b)
like
aS,iiis
the sun, wie die Sonne, 2'^

for
adv.
formed from saSsu bab.
SamSu,
q. v.
DJ^n
t&mtn
tibft
sea,
Meer;
tam-tim,
Ill,
1*^
1
JÔn
go
forth, ausriicken.
icA.
u-sat-ba-amP^; u-Sat-
ma
sent forth,
schichte aus, 1^*,

1^*,
bu-ui-ûm-ma,
37
lin
tftru
II, 1
turn,
Prt.
return,
sick
loenden; Prt.
i-tur-ru;
u-te-ir,
Inf.
icA brachte zurUck,
2*^
Prec.
lu-tir, 3*';
rnnc?)
ta-a-a-ri,
3",
V\
(id.).
1'**;
taMzn
p.
battle,
Schlacht,
3"
DOn
tarn A speak, sprechen. Pres.

1
i-ta-ma-a, P',
Prt. 2 p. masc.
a-ta-ma-a, P^ non tam&hn seize, faasen. Ill,

Sat-mi-lju,
(rel.
tu-
mood) which thou hast caused
me
3.
to seize, die (pi.)
Du
mich Aasi fasten lasseHf
pn
tein(ni)en(n)a foundation stone of a temple, Fun-
damenUtein eines Tempels (used like

llOb),
d u Del. Hwb,
2^
2,
2o,
2'^ 2", 2V
2'*.
mn
tara^ha
3.
wall,
Mauerwerk\ ta-ra-a})-hu-u,
)nn tarâ
stretch, ausstrecken; III, 1,
transitive: 2",
a rah Tadiitu, 2"

henU.
(id.):
the seventh month, der
tie-
MonaL Perhaps from
m^
(Del.
Hwb. 689).
PERSONS.
Asur-ah-iddin
1" King of Assyria (680668).
ASur-b^n-apal
V\
last
Asur-n^sir-pal 2*
2\ 2^* King of Assyria (668626). King of Assyria (884860).

King
of the Medes.
Cassite
Istumegu PKudur-Bel
3"^^
3^^
King
of Babylonia c 1300.
Kuras 1" (Cyrus, cf Prince Dan. 163260).

Nabu-balatsu-ikbi
1*^
father of Nabuua'id.
Nabu-kudurri-usur
Nabu-na'id
1'
2 King
3^
of Btibylonia (604
562).
(Na-bi-um na-Md)
P^
2'\ 3'^ (555539).
JSfaram-Sin 2^',
2^
3^^,
King
of Agade.
Sagarakti-surias
c.
3^'
Cassite
King
of Babylonia
1295.
;
Sarru-ukin 2^', 2^
38 (Sargon I)
King of Agade.
II
Sulman-asaridu 2* King of Assyria (Shalmaneser
859825).
PLACES.
Aur 1*^
1*8;
2^
2*
Assyria.
Anzan V^
native country of Cyrus

'ô^.
Cp-us' Heimat-
land (Prince, Daniel 95
39
Babil P, P: 2'^ (Su-an-na)
2"; 3,
3**
Babylon and
Babylonia.
H4zati 1'^ Gaza.
Ham&nu
Miir
2*''
Amanus range
1*';
Amanus
Gebirge,
Harr&nu, P,
2^* Harran, a city in
Mesopotamia.
P Egypt.
Purattu P' Euphrates.

Sippar 2**; 3*^
on
site
of
mound
of
Abu-Habba
der jetzige Trummerhiigel Abu-Habba,
GODS.
Adad
(or
Ramman)
P*,
2*^'
Anunit 3", 3", 3", 3"

lUargestalt,
storm god Sturmgott, a form of Htar eine
Gott der
Ea P* god
IStar
of the deep and of wisdom
Tiefe und der Weisheit.
P*
2'*
chief goddess of Babylonian
Hauptgottin
Babyloniens,
Lal}-mu
mythical
monster of primaeval days

Urzeit.
miftische Riesengestalt der
Marduk
Nin-gal
V\ P^
P;
2'*,
1",
P',
1",
I Head
of Babylo-
nian Pantheon; HauptgoU Babyloniens.

2;
consort of Sin
Ge-
mahlin des Sin.
Nusku 2'\
2* Fire-god;
FeuergoU.
40
Bamman
!,
see
Adad.
Sadar-nun-na 2", consort of Nusku
Gemahlin dea
Nusku.
Sin
P,
P,
3'2,
1>, 3*,
2*o,
P,
!*, !; 8, 2",
2^',
2",
2^^ 2*';
3S 3^^ moon-god 2*^

2^*,
2^,
3,
Mondgott.
Sama
!*;
2',
2^^
3",
3**,
3*' sun-god
Sonnengott.
TEMPLES.
E-i-lu-an-azag(ga) 3*
name
of stage-tower
at
l>i
connection
with
the
temple
E-barra
Sippar;
Name
des
Stufenturms beim Tempel E-barra zu Sippar.
E-ul-mas 3^' Temple of Anunit in Sippar; Tempel der

Anunit zu Sippar.
E-barra
of
(or
E-babbara)
2*,
2^^;
3S 3^ 3" Temple
SamaS
in Sippar;
Tempel des Sama^ zu Sippar.

in Borsippa
E-zida
Temple
of
Nebo
Tempel des
Nebo zu Borsippa.
E-bul-bul P,
V\
P; 2*^
22
Temple ofSih atHarran

Babylon
E-sagila
des
Tempel des Sin zu Harran.
Temple of Marduk
zu Babylon.
in
Tempel
Marduk
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Nabonidus, King of Babylonia The Abu Habba cylinder of Nabuna^id

SEMITIC STUDY SERIES

GOTTHEIL and MORRIS JASTROW

ABU HABBA CYLINDER OF NABUNA'ID

ROBERT J. LAU M.A.

INTRODUCTION AND A GLOSSARY IN ENGUSH

DYNELEY PRINCE PH.D.

SEMITIC STUDY SERIES

GOTTHEIL and MORRIS JASTROW

SEMITIC STUDY SERIES

THE ABU IIABBA CYLINDER OF NABUNA'ID

AN INTRODUCTION AND A GLOSSARY AND GERMAN

Columbia University. (New- York).

The great cylinder of Abu Habba

an improved edition in Abel and Winckler's Keilschrifttextfe,

has been translated and discussed

one of the most important

Nabonidus mentions the date of the

two early Babylonian kings Sargon and his son AardmStHf

fixed point (ca.

B. C.) in ancient Babylonian history

ments of Nabonidus have, however been questioned

believe that this date

1000 years. The inscription

having come down

to us from the reign of Nabonidus,

Semitic king of Babylonia (55,5539 B. C).

The causes which

led to the fall of Babylonia

empire to the Persians

briefly outlined as follows.

Nabopolassar, the father of the great Nebuchadnezzar,

independent 4 king of Babylon after the

monarch was not only a great warrior, the

Egypt, and who

the political centre of

mighty empire, but he was

also a lover of art

prized his reputation as the restorer

of his capital far

his military fame.

were weak and incapable chato protect their

who were unable

than his immediate

was the creature of a conspiracy against

and the record

Berosus states that he was

from the tone of the records of

nor conquest, but in archaeology and religious architecture.

His inscriptions of which we have an unusually

and pious duties performed. Under his feeble sway his

hand of a conquering ruler

to protect his subjects from foreign attacks, naturally,

to pieces until, finally,

Western Asia became more a shadow than.

himself even more incapable than in his earlier years,

while devoting especial attention to the repairing

and maintenance of the temples, he entirely neglected

rather than in Babylon and evidently leaving all mili-

of the army. Practically

have been taken, either

meet them when

they came, so that when Cyrus arrived, he probably