168 THEO. G. PINCHES, ESQ., NOTES UPON SOME OP THE 



Samsniluna (B.C. 2150), but perhaps those of our text Avere 

 remarkably fine specimens, as they are really called " great 

 saku-trees " (tf <f-*HT %] %}— ^r~)- 



Page 134. A similar name to Kd-gala-ada = Abulli-abi-su, 

 " His father's great gate," is to be found in the name of the 

 kingdom of which Damascus was the capital, namely Sa- 

 imeri-su (" the country or city) of his ass," probably a derisive 

 etymology manufactured by the Assyrians. 



Page 135. The cuneiform text of lines 21-22 is as follows: — 



£^zf ^-#y It" Gu-de-a Gudea 



^t^^EE^ *?$ salam - e this statue 



-I^T -^*ff *^I gu-im-ma- command 

 "*-<<{ >t^ sum-mu gave: 



^it^^k >^^ Salam lugala- " The statue of 



mu my king 



^t-^r+y ^ ^T^T u - na - g u invoke ! " 



The ending J^, e, seems here to have a demonstrative 

 force.* GU-imma-SUMMU, is a form from the compound 

 separable verb GU-SUMMU, "to give a command,"! and 

 literally means " word it-to gave." Unagu (root gu) is formed 

 with the imperative prefix u, and the infix na, literally " do 

 it-to speak." Many read sa instead of u, which is possible. 



Page 136. The oiiginal text of lines 15-17 is as follows : — 

 -^f ^K J^- It >4¥^T U~-ul-li-a-ta From this day 

 »f-£ ££y|, >w$\ numuna-ia-ta of the glorious seed 



■^y *^y pa-te-si viceroy 



^ > - *£$ ^T Jpl Lagasa D.S. (of) Lagos 



J^y <^ E - ninnu E- 



.»*_ ^r|y ^l ^yy D.P. £-gir-su (of) Egirsu 



>^> lugala - mu my king 



^^— *?^y ^ j^ yj u-na-du-a make 



* See p. 136, 1. 1, where, on the original, " this statue " is also expressed 

 by *pY$ ^|3a £f-Y ?alani-e. See also note * on the next page, kia-nag-e 

 " this place of libation." 



t Instead of GU-SUMMU, ENIMA-SUMMU is also a possible 

 reading. 



