Due.4] PROCEEDINGS. [1894
Reverse.
Line 1 has "thecaneof the spirit," but what thatrefersto is
doubtful. Thepresenceof the character »— in the Akkadian column
impliesthatit is of the same natureas the two following.
Edanu and kanti Sinnanu both translate the Akk. gi-a$dua,
"cane-one-making,"perhapsa plant witha single stalk of seed.
Edanu is probably connectedwith edanuor idenu, " solitariness,"
from edu,"one." Kanu Sinnanu is probably furtherdescriptive,
"thetoothedcane,"fromSinnu,"tooth."
Ktiruis given as the Semitic equivalent of gi-kalumma, " the
caneof fruit," and gi-kur " the cane of the enclosure." It seems
alsoto have beenclassedwithplantshavingthe prefix tyyft(herb),
the samegroup, withthat prefix,being rendered in Assyrian as
kur sip/a- and epitatu. It will be noted thatfromline 7 (or earlier)
of the obverse to line 5 of the reverse the character yy " ditto,"
precedes"-fl^,implyingthatthe plants thereenumeratedwere all
of the same nature.
Thenextfourlinesgivethe various parts of a "reed," or plant
of that nature,the "root" (lidikane),the "heart" (libbi£ane),the
ubtun(or arte"), andthe £ulultum.
Afterthe division-linewe seem to haveanotherportionmentioned,
the dupikant,a synonymof which is gurru, a word whichseemsto be
fromthe Akkadian, and whichtranslatesthreewordsin that language.
Dupi, however, may also be read kuppi,in which caseit would
probablybe the same wordas JEJ ^» ^, kupti, which is also one
of the meanings of "-Jf-^ "*^W^-
t*.*ti^, kur, seemsto be the gloss of % J.311