Feb.4] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1890.unableto giveany explanation of the Assyrian wordapparrfi,"Prof.
Sayceadds in a foot-note,* " Arabic dictionariesgiveafr as 'statio
quaedam lunae'or 'tres stellulae in Libra' [italicsmine],but I do
not know on what authority." Whateverthe authority it appears to
be perfectly correct,andof very ancientdate; what animalmaybe
represented by sa\-masluv, apparrfi,and afr,whetherbear, boar,
gazelle,or any other, does not speciallyconcern us in the present
investigation,but it is clear that the three starsof Libra (formerly
the Claws) which= A/r, are Zuben-el-genubi ("TheSouthern-claw,"
a Librae), Zuben-el-chemali("The Northern-claw,"/} Librae), and
Zuben-cl-hakrabi("The Claw-of-the-Scorpion," 7 Librae). "The
Constellation of the Tail-tip,"then, will be these threestars, or
some,or one of them, placedat the end of the tail of the enormous
Llydra:—
"TheWater-snaketheycall it. As alive
It crawls far-stretching,for the head extends
'Neaththe Crab's midst,the main coil 'neath the Lion;
Whilsteveno'er the Centaur hangsits tail."t
TheGreatSerpentis a familiar Euphratean emblem.J A and p
Libraeformthe 1 6th Arabian moon-station.
Line 25, Star No. XXII.
tS *T :wT ^'T ^T "m? Hf- Vr ST I
KakkabGis - gan - gusur kakku sa D.P. Ea
The-Star the Tree, Light-qfthe- hero, weapon of Ea,? - m ~ l HT k=T <T- ST
sa ina lib - bi - su absi iskun
which in the - midst of-the-abyss he-placed.- tgf © -it 1 t "m ¥ :eth hf- c:t
mul - mul - la kakku sa kati D.P. Maruduk
The-falchion, \ the-7oeapon of the-hand of Meroda.
Prof.Saycerenders Gan-gusur,"Light-of-the-hero,"andGis,as
noticed,§='tree,' 'wood.' But, as gan is also an 'enclosure' or
* Transactions, V, p. 334. f Aratoi, Phainomena,444-7.
% Vide Stoneof Nebuchadnezzar I (W.A.I. V, 57); R. B., Jr., Eridanus,
Fig-4. P- 77-
§ Vide sup.,p. 191.'
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