简介:ThetextD.T.40,publishedinCT,11,29-32,isthemaintextofthelexicalseriescalledbyancientscribes“thesecondtabletofthe=i-du”,bymodernscholars,therefore,“IduⅡ”.ComposedduringthereignoftheAssyriankingAssurbanipalinthemiddleofthe7~(th)cemturyB.C.itisalexicalseriesofgreatacademicimportance,becauseitofferstheSumerianvaluesofmanycuneiformsignsandalsotheirsign-namesnotattestedotherwise.Asisoftenthecase,thistabletwas