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with a great army unto Jerusalem." On one of the most an- 

 cient relics of Sumerian art dating back to the time of Ur- 

 Nina, the founder of the dynasty of Lagash, we see the king 

 in the guise of a laborer, surrounded by his children and the 



No. 29. Assyrian eunuchs carrying drinking vessels (after Lenorinant, Fr,, 



Hist, ancienne de I'Orient). 



royal cup-bearer. Thus it appears that this official must have 



held one of the highest court-positions even at this very early time. 



From the cylinders B and C of Urukagina, the last king 



of Lagash, who stood forth prominently as a great reformer, 



