[Footnote 1: "O Moon-god, hear my cry!" ("Siu lici unnini!") the name of
the author of the Izdubar epic upon which our poem is based.]

[Footnote 2: "Khar-sak-kur-ra," the Deluge mountain on which the ark of
Khasisadra (the Accadian Noah) rested.]

[Footnote 3: "Khar-sak-kal-ama" is a city mentioned in the Izdubar epic,
and was probably situated at the base of Khar-sak-kur-ra, now called Mount
Elwend. The same mountain is sometimes called the "Mountain of the World"
in the inscriptions, where the gods were supposed to sometimes reside.]

[Footnote 4: "Pit-u-dal-ti," openers of the gates.]

[Footnote 5: "Masari," guards of the great gates of the city, etc.]

[Footnote 6: "Ellat-gula," the queen of Erech, the capital of Babylonia.]

[Footnote 7: "Tur-tan-u" was the army officer or general who in the
absence of the sovereign took the supreme command of the army, and held
the highest rank next to the queen or king.]

[Footnote 8: "Dannat" (the "Powerful Lady") was a title applied to the
Queen, the mother of Izdubar (Sayce's ed. Smith's "Chal. Acc. of Gen.," p.
184). We have here identified her with Ellat-gula, the Queen of Babylon,
who preceded Ham-murabi or Nammurabi, whom the inscriptions indicate was
an Accadian. The latter we have identified with Nimrod, following the
suggestion of Mr. George Smith.]

[Footnote 9: "Khumbaba" was the giant Elamitic king whom Izdubar