Wine and Beer in the Daily Life and Religion of the Ancient Orientals. 123 



we learn that it was customary for the priests to receive 

 a certain quantit}" of beer besides other things, when officiat- 

 ing at funerals. "(When) a dead body (was) laid in the grave 

 his beer (amounted to) seven jars", lu-idim ki-inah-su gub 

 kas-ni 7 dug. In Cylinder A, V, 1 ff. he narrates what took 

 place after order was again restored 1. "(When) a dead body 

 (was) laid into the grave, his beer (amounted to) three jars", lu- 

 idim-idim-a ki-mah-su gub kas-ni j dug. The priests were 

 restricted, by Urukagina's reform, to contend themselves with 

 three, as against formerh' seven, jars of beer. In an other 



No. 31. Representatives of conquered peoples bringing their tribute to the 

 Assyrian king (after Lenormant, Fr., //isL anciennc de I'Orient). 



passage 2 he fixes the quantity of beer for thelamentation- 

 priest^ of Girsu, the lamentation-priest of Lagash, and the 

 artisans. It reads: Two hubur and one amphora of beer for 

 the lamentation-priest of Girsu, 490 loaves of bread, two hubur 

 and one amphora of beer for the lamentation-priest of Lagash; 

 406 loaves of bread, one hubur and one amphora of beer 

 for the lamentation-priests; 250 loaves of bread, one hubur of 

 beer for the artisans; 180 loaves of bread, one hubur of beer 



ij See also Cylinder B and C, IX, 26 X, i ff. 

 2) Cyl. B and C X, 21 ff. 

 3I Kalu. 



