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Line 20, Star No.XVII.KakkabD.P.(Ansu) Kur- ra j D.P. Ramanu icabbid
The-Starof-the-Animal-from-the-East.\ Thc-god Rimmon-is-terribk.
" The Animalfromthe East " is the Horse* In W.A.I. Ill, S3,
No. 1, lines 26-7,we meet with the Star «-| -^-Jf (££""11 1
translatedby Prof. Sayce, " Rimmon-is-terrible," but in Akkadian,
Im-dugud-khu,' Storm ' + ' much ' + ' bird,' " the Great Storm-bird,"
thatis "the Birdof the divine storm-cloud,"" the Giant-bird," etc.,
whichappearsin Euphratean legendf as Lugal-tudda, " the Lusty-
king." Theconstellation in question is Corvus. Of the Water-
snake,Aratossaysthat" the end
" Bears a Crow's formwhichseemsto peck the fold ; " \
and true to its original mythologicalconnexionwiththe storm-cloud,
we read of Im-dugud-khu, " that star for mist (and)tempestis." §
Line 21, Star No.XVIII,Kakkab Lu - lim | Bel - me - khi - ra
The-Starof-tlie-Stag. \ Ursa Major.\
As to Lulim, videSayce, Transactions,III, p. 172; Rel.And.
Babylonians,p. 284. Mr. Bertin is inclined to read "j+| ^-,daSSu,
" translated by some ' Gazelle.'" The next Starin order is 0 Fir-
ginis,which is below the GreatBear, and formspartof the 13th
Arabianmoon-station.
Line 22, Star No.XIX.
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Kakkab Mulu izi u D.P. La - ta - rak |
The-StarMan-of-fire, and the-godLatarak. \HF- <« < Hh fcJT
D.P. Sin u D.P. Nergal
7%c .A/bwt ««</ Nergal.* Vide Transactions,V, p. 51.
t Vide R. B., Jr., Eridanns, pp 69-70.
J Phainomrna, 449. § W.A.I. Ill, 53, No. I, line 27.
|| Vide StarNo. XI.
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