June3] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.all things, or watches overman (5 R 46, 28 e.), seem to lend
support to this view. To the old mythologist the Sun is the
Divine Eye that sees everything. Consequently SamaS, who is
but one of the many doubles of Merodach, is like Osiris the
Judgeof man."Heaven," "God," "King," "Spirits," in Chinese
and accadian.
The Accadian «-»-y, Archaic >fc, read ana, is defined garni),
"heaven," and Anu, the god of heaven, or heaven personified
(Dyaus). Readdingir,anddimmeror dimer (dimir),it is defined
ilu, "god,"andSarru,"king." Readanuandtssu(= an-sug)
it is defined Subultu "ear" (of corn), andSubultuSa ie'im, "ear
of corn"; while an is sissinnu, "a palm branch." Thedefinition
kakkabu, "a star," probably belongs to dingir; that of ia%u,
"high"(«-f,«-y«-f),M, "high,""onthe top," is to be con
nected with ana, often written >-«-y >~/~y, an-na (cp. ngan, an,
" a bank, a high cliff,a high forehead,"etc.). I have alreadygiven
reasonsfor regarding gan(ngan)as the primitive rootwhichappears
in ana, "high," "stalk," " heaven " (that which is upheaveri), en,
Mlu, "lord,"and otherrelated words. Thesign -»f-is also ex
plained by belu, "lord";in which senseit was probablyreadan,
an-na,like en, en-na, "lord." It also meant riiu,"head,"which
agreeswith the Chinese_y«e«, dialectictin, gii'an,yti", "a large head,"
andyuen, "the first, the head, the principal, eldest." The yet
further meaning of "lead" (the metal), an-na, afterwards read
nagga,niggi,agrees withthe Chinese yuen,alsoreadyen, called
" the azure metal" and " the black metal,"terms which indicate
whythe Accadians calledit " sky "-metal, dialectictin, yan, i", the
Japaneseen; the Peking chHen (=din), whichis related to the
Accadianniggi(= ningi). Lastly,an in the sense of seru, "common,
waste, desert," for which we find ->-] >-V~y an-na alone, and
M~y e3£-^»~/"y AN-DiNNA,t is to be compared with J^ yuen,
" plateau, or high and level field, waste, common," dialectic tin,
givan, nu", as also with Jf^y gana, " field" (tMu), and yuen,
* an-Sug, i.e.,M-y^-. In Chinese wheatis called /at, because "it came
clownfromheaven."
t Or ana-edinna ; but may not an have becomeen and then £, as in the
instancep. 414 note, so that fi-DIN sprangfromGAN-DIN?
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