Feb.4] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.
The nextStar is Vindemiatrix* apparently formerly brighter
thanat present. " The god Latarak" is named on a Planisphere,
and in W.A.I. IV, 21, No. 1, we read (ap.Sayce);—
"Againstall evil that cannotbe faced (set)the Honey-god and
Latarak[i.e.,theirimages]in the gate."Andin W.A.I. IV, 58, 59, Latarak is called "thedivinekingof the
desert(Eden)."
Line23, Star No.XX.
Kakkab Bilat j Emuku Tin - tir - ki
The-Starthe-Lady, \ Might of-the-Abode-of-Life.TheLadyis Belat (Beltis),the wife of Bel ; Tintirki is a common
namefor Babylon, andthe Star in question is Spica (a Virginis),
whichformsthe 14th Arabianmoon-station.
Line 24, Star No. XXI.Kakkab En - te - na - mas - luv j 1) P. Ip.
The-Star of- the -Tip-of- the- TaU \ The-god the-CreatorWhatevermightbe the exact meaning of the Akkadian name
Entenamasluv,or Etttemasmur,^ it is explained by the Assyrian Sir
etsen-tsiri,\"the Tipof the Tail," a name suitableto various stars,
e.g., to Denebola.% Thestar Entenamasluv is equated withthe As
syrianKhabatsi-ranu,"a Lily," which,Prof.Sayceobserves,"grows
up like a tail." In a list of animal-names or of names moreor less
connectedwithanimals,|| we meet with the «-S^£^^>f- t^ti
Sa-^-masluv,explainedby the Assyrian Ct] f TTT eJU^iap-par-
ru-u,which,accordingto Delitzsch, is a variant of the Heb. opher,
"a gazelle." Be this as it may, we now come to a very curious
pieceof corroborative evidence. It will be obvious to anyone who
has read the foregoingremarks, that the Star(or Constellation)
Entenamasluvmustbe, or be in, or near the Constellation now^f
calledLibra. The Rev.Wm. Houghtonhavingremarked,"I am
* Vide Proceedings,Feb.,1889,p. 150. t W.A.I. Ill, 57, line 55.
X Ibid., II, 49, 47. § Vide Proceedings,Feb.,1889,p. 150.
D W.A.I. II, 6. % Vide Proceedings,Feb.,1889,p. 146.
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