A History of Sumer and Akkad: An account of the early races of Babylonia from prehistoric times to the foundation of the Babylonian monarchyKing, L. W. (Leonard William)
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A History of Sumer and Akkad: An account of the early races of Babylonia from prehistoric times to the foundation of the Babylonian monarchy
King, L. W. (Leonard William)
Akkadians; Babylonia -- History; Sumerians
[8] "Déc. en Chaldée," p. xliv., Galet E.
[9] Cone-Inscription, Col. II., ll. 11-18.
[10] Cf. Obv., Col. XIX.-XXII., and Rev., Col. III.-V.
[11] Obv., Col. XVI.--Rev., Col. V.
[12] The fragments A-F have been published in "Déc. en Chaldée" on the
following plates: Plate 4, A, B, and C, Obverse (it should be noted
that on the plate the letters B and C should be interchanged); Plate 3,
A, B, and C, Reverse (the letters B and C are here placed correctly);
Plate 4 (bis), D and E, Obverse; Plate 3 (bis), D and E, Reverse; Plate
4 (ter), F, Obverse and Reverse. The fragment G, which connects C with
F, is published in "Cun. Texts in the Brit. Mus.," Pt. VII., pl. 1.
[13] These are known by the symbols D and E; see p. 131, Fig. 46. In
the course of its transport from Tello to Constantinople the upper part
of fragment D was unfortunately damaged, so that the god's brow, and
his eye, and the greater part of his nose are now wanting (see "Déc.
en Chaldée," pl. 4 bis). In the block the missing portions have been
restored from a squeeze of the fragment taken at Tello by M. de Sarzec
(cf. "Déc.," p. 194 f.).
[14] Cf. Heuzey, "Rev. d'Assyr.," III., p. 10. Its first adoption by
the Semites is seen on the recently discovered monument of Sharru-Gi,
an early king of Kish; see below, Chap. VIII., p. 220 f.
[15] See above, p. 128 f.
[16] The fragment is known as B; "Déc. en Chaldée," pl. 4 (see above,
p. 129, n. 1). For her headdress, see above, p. 51, Fig. 18.
[17] Fragment G; see above, p. 129, n 1.
[18] Fragments C and F; see above, p. 129, n. 1.
[19] "Déc. en Chaldée," p. xliii., Galet A, Col. V. f.
[20] These are numbered A, D (which is joined to E), and B; see above,
p 129, n. 1.
[21] See above, p. 125.
[22] See the plate facing p. 124.
[23] Fragment B, Reverse (see above, p. 129, n. 1).
[24] See the plate facing p. 124.
[25] See above, p. 43.
[26] See above, p. 42, n. 1.
[27] Fragment C, Reverse; see the plate facing p. 138.
[28] The remains of this scene upon fragment F are figured in the text;
for the fragment G, see "Cun. Texts in the Brit. Mus.," Pt. VII., pl. 1.
[29] See above, p. 68, Fig. 20.
[30] See Obv., Col. VI., ll. 25 ff., Col. VII., ll. 1 ff.
[31] Foundation-stone A, Col. V., l. 23--Col. VI., l. 5; "Déc.," p.
xliii.
[32] See Col, VI., ll. 6 ff.
[33] See Col. IV., ll. 25 ff.
[34] See the opposite plate.
[35] Foundation-stone A, Col. III., l. 13.
[36] Col. VI., ll. 6 ff.
[37] The phrase is not to be taken to mean that Eannatum buried the
bodies of the slain Elamites, though it may be a conventional formula
employed to describe any important battle. It may be noted that
Entemena definitely states that he left the bones of his enemies to
bleach in the open plain, and this was probably the practice of the
period. Each side would bury its own dead to ensure their entrance into
the Underworld.
[38] Rev., Col. VI., l. 10--Col. VII., l. 3.
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