FOOTNOTES:
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Jastrow, Morris
Source notes
[381] See above p. 103.
[382] Tallqvist, I. l. 38.
[383] See above, p. 254.
[384] To bewitch me.
[385] The witch.
[386] From which he suffers through the witches.
[387] The identification of the many herbs mentioned in the texts is as yet impossible. The subject awaits investigation at the hands of one versed in botanical lore.
[388]I.e., be ineffective.
[389]I.e., the gods presiding over the watches.
[390] Her words dissolve like wax and honey.
[391] Supposed to be situated at the northern point of the heavens.
[392] The vault of heaven was pictured as having two gates.
[393] So that the witch cannot leave her habitation.
[394] With the order 'to cast the lock,' etc.
[395] To prevent her from uttering her charms.
[396] The following four lines constitute the incantation.
[397]I.e., the witches.
[398] See above, p. 278, where one has been given.
[399] Maklu, I. 122-143.
[400] The fiery element belongs to all three divisions of the universe,—to heaven, earth, and water.
[401] Maklu, III. ll. 89-103.
[402] Many of the seals used by the Babylonians were of white stone or bone.
[403] Zimmern's edition, pp. 25-29.
[404]I.e., the evil word.
[405] His protecting deity has deserted him.
[406] Of his body.
[407]I.e., whoever may have invoked the evil demon to settle upon him.
[408] The translation of these lines follows in all but some minor passages the correct one given by Sayce, Hibbert Lectures, p. 446.
[409] Of the sick man.
[410] Zimmern, Die Beschwörungstafeln Shurpu, pp. 5, 6.
[411] In mercantile transactions.
[412]I.e., lied.
[413]I.e., did he say one thing, but mean the contrary?
[414] Zimmern, ib. pp. 13-20.
[415] For details as to the manner in which this editing was done, see King's admirable remarks in the Introduction to his Babylonian Magic and Sorcery, pp. xx-xxiv.