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Hades ; u the Baron gates of Hades will open
before thee, ,5 NLn-ki-gal will see thee and be
pleased with thee. l ' When, her mind shall be
grown calm, and heT anger shall be worn oEP,
•7 awe her with the names of the great gods!
'8 Prepare thy frauds ! On deceitful tricks fix
thy mind ! W The chiefest deceitful trick ! Bring
Forth fishes of the waters oat of an empty vessel ! *
20 This thing will please Xm-ki-gal : *' then to
Ishtar she will restore her clothing. ^ A great
reward for these things shall not fail. M Go save
her. Phantom ! and the great assembly of the
people 8 hall crown thee ! al Meats, the first of the
■ ity, shall be thy food ! M Wine, the most delicious
in the city, shall be thy drink ! ^ To be the Ruler
of a palace shall be thy rank ! 27 A throne of
shall be thy seat ! -"* Mflgiftinn and Conjuror shall
bow down before thee.'
« efl Nin-ki-galf opened her mouth and spoke j
30 to Nam tar her messenger a command she gave :
" l Go, Namtar! clothe the Temple of Justice t|
53 Adom the image* {?) and the alian (?) ! 33 Bring
out Anunnak § I Seat him on a golden throne !
54 Pour out for Ishtar the waters of life, and let
her depart from m}- dominions I" M Namtar went,
and clothed the Temple of Justice; ^he adorned
the images and the alters i *' he brought out
Anunnak; on a golden throno he seated him;
88 he poured out for Ishtar the waters of life, and
let her go. M Then the first gate let her forth.
and restored to her— the first garment of her
body. 40 The second gate let her forth, and re-
stored to her — tho diamonds of her hands and feet.
4l The third gate let her forth, and restored to
her — the central girdle of her waist. * 9 The fourth
gate let her forth, and restored to her— the small
lovely gema of her forehead. ^Tho fifth gate
let her forth, and restored to her — the precious
stones of her head. « The sixth gate let her forth,
and restored to her—the earrings of her ears.
en probably
introduced far tho amusement of the audience. Only one
W related hate, » aaj have been many mora.
r The tiling commanded aro now supposed to have been
successfully performed.
t This aeoma to be the Unml scene of the Play, repreaent-
pero ; the War of Barneses II. with the Khita, by
Prof, Lushington; Inscription of Piuuchi Mer-
Amon, by the Eev. Canon Cook ; Tablet of Newcr-
Hotep, by P. Pierret ; Travels of an Egyptian, by
Fr. Chabas ; Lamentations of l>is and fTephthj
P. J. de Horrack ; Hymn to Amen-Ra, and Tale of
the Doomed Prince, by C. W I loodwin ; and Tale of
the Two Brothers — in which a story very like that
Joseph and Znleika forms the turning point —
by P. Le Page Renouf; with Calendar, Table of
Dynasties, Weights and Measures ; and a list of
further texts for translation, — tho Assyrian ar-
ranged by G, Smith, and the Egyptian by P.
LePage Renouf, — which lists sufficiently indicate
tha large extent of these literatures as already
known to us. A third volume is also announced,
containing among other interesting tests the
Deluge Tablet and the Assyrian Canon of Berosus.
orge Smith.
m the Lxovaoks, Litekytitre, and Religion of
i r, and Tibet : together with farther papers on the
- mphy, Etymology, and Commerce of those countries.
By B. H. Hodgaon, Esq. Reprinted v»tth corrections and additions from " ninstrations of the Literature and Religion of the Buddhists," Serampore, 1841 > and "Selections from the Records of the Govonimem of Bengal," No. xxvii. 1867- London : Trubtier and Co. The anonymous editor of this volume informs us that the articles in it are reprints of the papers as first reprinted in tho Pin mix, consisting of the original essays in the "Illustrations" nod volume of " Selections," with numerous marginal notes, introduced into the text, from Mr Hodgson's own copies of these two volumes. To the papers that appeared in the Plmtiix only eight ; Dtplefi- ing the paper on the ' commerce of Nepal," have been added. Hence tho present volume wants three of the papers that appeared in the " Illustra- tions," viz. — ■ IX. Eemarks on an Inscription in the Kancha and Tibetan characters' ; ' X, Account of a visit to the ruins of Simrotin* ; and ' XII. Extract of Proceedings of tho Royal Asiatic Society " : and of those that appeared in the" Selections"— 'IV. Route from Kathraandu to Darjtlinp" ; ' V. Route of Nepalese mission to Pekin" ; 'Xil. 1, Some account of the systems of Law and Police as re- cognized in the state of Ne] AT ; and, ' 2, On the Law and Legal Practice of Nepal as regards familiar intercourse between a Hindu and an outcast.' Those are serious deficiencies, and all the in ing a magnificent hall or jxtlaoe. § A Genius, whft is ot'< ned. Here ho MB b part of a judge, pronouncing the absolution of [■ht&r. || There arc 13 more 1 BJ are much broken, an J tnfy nii[H"ur not to relate to the above legend. At any rata fcbey belong to anotbei has not boon hitherto al' -factory translation of them can therefore hardly be given.