摘要
The text D.T.40,published in CT,11,29-32,is the main text of the lexical seriescalled by ancient scribes“the second tablet of the =i-du”,by modern scholars,therefore,“Idu Ⅱ”.Composed during the reign of the Assyrian king Assurbanipalin the middle of the 7^(th) cemtury B.C.it is a lexical series of great academicimportance,because it offers the Sumerian values of many cuneiform signs andalso their sign-names not attested otherwise.As is often the case,this tablet