it is to be noted that tarn occurs after both numbers whereas mini and mila only after the second, t&m is here the distributive suffix whose origin in ta-am we have traced. 1 ) t^yy gal-zu. The word gal-zu occurring in proper names which has received many explanations and generally admitted to be of unknown Kassite origin has been discussed again by Hilprecht in BE XX p. 18, where this ! scholar inclines to read rabut-zu. The phrase j occurs in I R. pi. 3 no. 10, 1. 3 sag ha-sag-j gi gal-zu -he

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... who knows well the secret j of prayers. As a compound verb in Stèle j de Vultures obv. 18, 1 gal-na-ga-mu-zu = I am j truly very wise. So often in Gudéa Cyl. ; B, cf. 2,8 gal-tmt-zu = he was very wise. The proper names lugal-gal-zu, hur-gal-su etc. mean "the king is very sage", "the god-Kurls very wise" etc. Cf. Leipziger Sem.-Studien I 2 p. 19.