...the goddess I accustomed my people. The glorification of the king I made like unto that of a god,"8 And in the fear of the palace I instructed the people....that such things were pleasing to a god." Despite all this, the pious ruler was smitten with disease and accordingly he indulges in the gloomy thought...

...goddess more to me than riches ; Royal prayer — that was my joy ; Its celebration — my delight. I taught my country to guard the name of the god,...people. I thought that such things were pleasing to a god.10 • M is punishment seems inexplicable to him, as he proceeds to set forth how he always endeavored...

...oaths102 do not prove anything in the way of 'emperor '-worship. Neither do such poetical expressions as 'the glorification of the king I made like unto that of a god. >103 Prazer in his Magic Art, Farnell in his Greece and Babylon, and many other writers104 find 'emperor...

...oaths102 do not prove anything in the way of 'emperor '-worship. Neither do such poetical expressions as 'the glorification of the king I made like unto that of a god.'103 Frazer in his Magic Art, Farnell in his Greece and Babylon, and many other writers104 find...

...should be carefully noted. In the famous "Lament of Tabi-utul-Enlil," 2d tablet, occurs this line: "The glorification of the king I made like unto that of a god" (Jastrow: Civilization of Assyria and Babylonia, p. 478). The context shows that the king's homage...

...by an inspection, The necromancer did not through an offering justify my suit, The za/ciTcw-priest I appealed to, but he revealed nothing, The chief...him low : An evil demon has come out of his (lair) ; Prom yellowish, the sickness became white. It struck my neck and crushed my back, It bent my high...