loG THEO. U. FINCHES, ESQ., NOTES UPON SOME OP THE 



"To his statue I proclaimed aloud: 'This statue neither 

 of precious metal, nor of lapis bright (?), nor of copper, nor 

 of lead, nor of bronze has anyone made, (but) of esu-stoue 

 (diorite). Let it remain in this place of libation, and let no 

 man destroy anything that has been brought here.* The 

 statue before thee, O E-girsu, (is) the statue of Gudea, 

 viceroy of Lagas, the man who built E-ninnu for E-girsu. 

 Whoever removes it from E-ninnu, f and destroys the in- 

 scription; whoever shall set aside (?) my fair record (?),- 

 whoever shall make my god his god, J E-girsu, my 

 king, put his people to flight, take away (his) judges, 

 reject (his) gifts ; § make confirmation (?) of the festival 

 instituted by me;| and of my name, removing his name. IT 

 (In) the sanctuary (?) of E-girsu every (?) king who does 

 (?) wrong (?) shall not be in his presence. From this day, 

 (0 thou) of the glorious seed, patesi of Lagas, restore** 

 E-ninnu of E-girsu, my king. (As for) the man whose 

 glory shines forth (= Gudea), no one shall change his words 

 or transgress his judgment.' " 



Here follows an imprecation, in which the gods Aim, Bel, 

 Nin-gursaga, Ea, Sin, "whose name none repeats,"ff E-girsu, 

 "lord of the weapon,"!! Nina, " lady of interpretation," Nin- 

 dara, "the warrior-king," "the mother of the city of Lagas,*'§§ 



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 nammigule. 



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^Hr "g^I ' JP^j l u dingira-mu dim dingirani, "The man my god making 

 his god." The figure of the deity was not to be altered so that it might 

 serve for another ruler's favourite god. 



_ § Lit., "Rejecting his gifts »(¥ H JP H Ty !>tW *£> WtH. 

 nigbaga ba-gigida). 



|| Lit., "of my festival-fixing" (*^Tt|^[ Z~£\ *^ , isini-guba-mu). 



IF *t£ &- 3=T ITU Jj—T? mu-ni ba-gaga, lit., "his name [back-] 

 gift making." 



** Lit., "make." 



tt ( Hf- ~H HT ^ J^- ^ V 1 ^/ S^-T» En-zu mu-ni lu 

 nu-tagade. 



|| Lit., " king of the weapon," w£^ ^f "jHf £^f. 

 §§ Z&*Z «^~- fc¥ ^1 ^ ama Lagas, D.S. 



