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care they have been carved. What trouble — what enormous 

 trouble — to take with a useless puzzle.* 



From the remarkable series of monuments obtained by 

 M. de Sarzec from Tell-Loh, the following royal names (which 

 I transcribe from archaic into late Babylonian), among others, 

 have been obtained : — 



Kings. 



Igi-gina.\ 



Ili-bala-gina (or Nini-gala-giiia\ 



who seems not to have reigned, 

 was lather of 



IH Hf- <EJ Ur-Nina.% 



|J V* %!*— A-Kur-gala^ son of Ur-Nina. 



Taltal-kur-gala. 



Patesis (viceroys). 



-& V| ^4 En-te-na. 



*-]J^ >~>^- J^y En-ana-gin, his sou. 



ih -+ ^y m Ur - B ™- 



IH -4" ir^T "*^ ^!T Ur-E-girsu** his son. 



*"T^ ^"C^I^ » TT~^ Narmnacfani. ft 



^W >-]§y >->f- £^ Gala-Lamma, son of. 



>£> ^y^y ^ yy^^ Jjukdni.XX 



With a few others. 



* It lias been left to the 19th century to invent a Volapuk — that 

 addition to the languages of tlie world which no really practical man can 

 take seriously. There are languages enough to learn already without 

 adding to their number, and even Volapuk can hardly be easier for the 

 foreigner to learn than English, a World-sjaeech even now. 



t " He who goes before," 



X " Man of (the goddess) Nina." 



§ "The son of Bel (?)." 



|| Or Uru-enima-gina, "City of the faithful saying 



T "The proclaimer" or "prophet." 



** " Man of E-girsu," or " Ninip." 



tt " His supremacy." 



\\ < >r Lu-mimani, " Man of his word." 



