374 FISH—VIVARIA—FIRST POACHING 
which “he caused their herds to bring forth young,’ we 
find— 
2g. ‘A great pagdiu, a crocodile, a hippopotamus (?), and 
beasts of the Great Sea, 
30. the king of Musré sent unto him and caused the people 
of his land to behold.” 
We cannot determine what one of the subjects of this gift, 
“a great pagitu,”’ exactly was. Tum-su-hu may possibly be 
the equivalent of the Egyptian emsah, Arabic timsdah, 1.e. a 
crocodile. Ifso, Musré must indicate Egypt.! 
The Annals of Asur-Nasirpal form our second document of 
knowledge. The walls of his palace, lined with sculptures in 
relief, represent his exploits in the field of battle and in the chase. 
Details are most carefully and elaborately carved ; the designs 
mark the acme of Assyrian art. 
In Column III. he records ? 
‘“SOME MEN I TOOK ALIVE AND IMPALED THEM ON STAKES 
OVER AGAINST THEIR CITIES.3 
AT THAT TIME I MARCHED INTO THE DISTRICT OF LEBANON, 
AND UNTO THE GREAT SEA. 
IN THE GREAT SEA I WASHED MY WEAPONS AND I MADE 
OFFERING UNTO THE GODS. 
THE TRIBUTE OF THE KINGS OF THE SEA FROM THE LANDS OF 
THE MEN OF TYRE AND SIDON AND ARVAD, WHICH LIETH IN THE 
MIDST OF THE SEA, SILVER AND GOLD AND A GREAT PAGUTU AND 
A SMALL PAGUTU AND IVORY AND A DOLPHIN, A CREATURE OF 
THE SEA, I RECEIVED AS TRIBUTE FROM THEM, AND THEY 
EMBRACED MY FEET.” 
This ‘‘ washing,” or as it has otherwise been rendered 
“ dipping,’ of a weapon in the sea is not to be taken, as it 
1 Another translation (R. Astatic Proc., XIX. pp. 124-5) renders these 
lines “‘ creatures of the Great Sea which the King of Egypt had sent as a gift, 
and entrusted to the care of men of his own country,” either as carriers or 
permanent attendants. But see p. 53 of the Introduction to The Annals 
of the Kings of Assyria, op. cit. Dr. St. Clair Tisdall writes: ‘‘ If Nam-su-hu 
(Budge and King’s translation) be right, it is evidently the Egyptian name 
’msuhu=crocodile, with the plural Na prefixed. Egypt in Arabic is still Misr.” 
2 Op. cit., Introduction, pp. 372 ff. 
3 The Assyrians, probably from having no admixture of the softer Sumerian 
blood, from living in a less enervating climate, and from Hittite influence, 
stand out as more virile, fiercer fighters, and crueller foes than the Babylonians. 
