Feb.4] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1S90.Line10, Star No.VIII.Kakkab Pal - lik - a | D.P. Na - na - a
Thc-Starof-theCrossing-dog.\ The-goddess Nana.Thenext remarkable starnearthe ecliptic is Procyon (Cam's
Minor). Nana("theLady"),is in origin a phase of Istar ; and,
according to Lenormant, she was calledA'in-ha-si(" the-Lady-with-
the-horned-countenance"), = the Moon.*
Line 12, Star No. IX.KakkabMu - sir - kes - da D.P. A - nim
The-Star Yoke- of - the - enclosure of Ann,%h *m«= ¥ «f tt «f IT-
rabu - u sa same rabi
prince of the-heaven great.As regards the star-name, I follow the reading kindlygivenme
by Prof. Sayce,but,for obvious reasons,cannotagreewith him that
the constellation Draco is intended. " The enclosure of Anu "
wouldseemto be the ecliptic. As to the idea of a ' yoke,' vide
J'rocecdings,Jan., 1890,p. 146 ; and for the latter partof this line,
vide the remarks of Mr. Bertin, ThePre-Akkadian Semites,p. 4.
Takingthe ecliptic-stars in their order,we may identifythe Yoke-of-
the-enclosurewith Pollux (/3 Geminorum), the 7th Arabian moon-
station.
Line 13, Star No.X.
tB I® tt SK I Hf- iM *
Kakkab Tur-us mal max 1 Ti.'P. Danu
The-StarSonofthe-supreme-temple. \ The divineJudge.ThisStar will be Castor (a Geminorum). The Pole-star was
called, in Akkadian, Tir-anna, Assyrian, Dayan-same,"Judge-of-
heaven" ; but the original " divine Judge" is the Sun-god.
- For illustration of the mythological connexionbetweenthe Dog and the
Moon,vide K. B., Jr., The Unicorn, Sec. vi.
190