" sayce to me, 'Manuel, she t-theeng I want-n to marry hore.'

" Mazaro nodded, and lifted one finger for attention. " sayce to me, 'Manuel, you goin' tell-a Senor D'Hemecourt, I fin'-a you some nigh' an' cut-a you' heart ou'.

An' I sayce to heem-a, 'Boat-a if Senor D'Hemecourt he fin'-in' ou' frone Pauline'" "Silence!"

The above prayer was translated for the first time by Rev. A.H. Sayce, M.A., in the "Records of the Past," vol.

[Footnote 4: See terra-cotta tablet numbered "S. 954" in the British Museum; also translation by Rev. A.H. Sayce, M.A., in the "Records of the Past," vol.

Smith's "Chald. Acc. of Gen.," Sayce's edition, p. 223, ls. 35 and 41.]

[Footnote 4: "Sem-uk-ki," translated by Sayce "stibium," antimony; by Talbot, "lütarish semukki," "thou who didst make evil with thy drugs.

Sayce's edition Smith's "C.A.G.," p. 229.] COLUMN III ISHTAR COMPLAINS TO ANU, KING OF HEAVEN, WHO CREATES A WINGED BULL TO DESTROY ISHTAR Before the throne of Anu, Ishtar cries, And Anatu, the sovereigns of the skies: "O Sar, this king my beauty doth despise, My sweetest charms beholds not with his eyes.

This word is not translated by Mr. Sayce.]

Sayce translates in I. 22, col. v., horns of crystal"thirty manehs of crystal," etc.

[Footnote 1: "Asherim," literally "stone stakes" or "cones," the symbols of the goddess Asherah or Ishtar (Sayce), but Calmet says that the god Ashima is a deity of very uncertain origin, and that the name "Ashima" may be very well compared with the Persian "asuman" ("heaven"); in "Zend," "acmano," so Gesenius in his Man.

See Smith's revised edition of "Chal. Acc. of Genesis," by Sayce, pp. 247, 248.]

[Footnote 5: The land of Mas, Mr. Sayce supposes, was situated west of the Euphrates Valley.]

" [Footnote 1: Literally, "the former names," which appears on a fragment of the epic translated by Mr. Sayce.

[Footnote 2: Mr. Sayce translates thus: "the path of the sun.

See illustration in Smith's revised edition, by Sayce, "Chald. Acc. of Gen.," p. 276.

[Footnote 3: See Sayce's edition Smith's "Chald.

"Sayce's edition Smith's "Chald. Acc. of Gen.," p. 264, l. 14.]

[Footnote 4: See Accadian songs, "C.I.W.A.," vol. ii. 15, 16, and translated by Mr. Sayce in "Records of the Past, vol.

See translation by Mr. Sayce, "the corn is bearded.

Professor Oppert and Professor Sayce think, however, that they are connected in one hymn to Hea.

The one we have selected is addressed to Hea, the Creator of Mankind, Sayce edition Smith's "C.A.G.," pp.

p. 31; also Sayce's edition Smith's "C.A. of G.," p. 290.]

A.H. SAYCE, M.A.

A.H. SAYCE, M.A.