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root; so IIN is suitably applied to the wide corn-lands of pt^". 

 It seems much more probable that the choice of the adjective is due 

 to the presence of the divine name, Dagon. This agrees with the 

 usual connotation of "IHK • The use of this particular adjective 

 here is, of course, very precarious evidence for the worship of 

 Dagon in Dor at the time of the Eshmunazar dynasty ; and yet its 

 possible value must be admitted*. 



' Neubauer {Geog. Talm., p. 13) translates : ** pays du Dagon adore'' with 

 the note : "La racine "H"!}^ se trouve plusieurs fois dans cette meme inscrip- 

 tion avec le sens 'adorer'." While he has correctly perceived that the 

 adjective has probably been chosen with reference to the mention of the 

 god, he has no sufficient warrant, either in this inscription or^elsewhere, for 

 translating it *' adore." The grammatical form forbids this and requires 

 that n'lINn he read with ny")N • 



