[Footnote 2: "Twenty kaspu," 140 miles; each kaspu was seven miles, or two
hours' journey.]

[Footnote 3: "Six gars," 120 feet; each gar was a twenty-foot measure.
Khumbaba's walls were thus 120 feet high and forty feet thick--much like
the walls of Babylon.]

[Footnote 4: "Nipur" was one of the cities of Izdubar's kingdom, from
whence he came to the rescue of Erech.]

[Footnote 5: "Man-u-ban-i," a tree or shrub of unpleasant odor mentioned
by Heabani. See Sayce's revised edition Smith's "Chald. Acc. of Genesis,"
p. 254. The fragment translated by Mr. Sayce should be placed in another
position in the epic.]

[Footnote 6: "Amaranti," amaranth. "Immortal amaranth."--"Par. Lost."]



COLUMN III

THE KING WORSHIPS AT THE SHRINE OF ISHTAR


[1]The richest and the poorest here must stay,
Each proud or humble maid must take her way;
To Ishtar's temple grand, a lofty shrine,
With youth and beauty seek her aid divine.
Some drive in covered chariots of gold,