[36] The reading of the name of this deity (Dun-...) is still uncertain; it has been read variously as Dun-sir, Shul-gur, and Dun-gur; see above, p. 109. [37] See above, p. 169 f. [38] Oval Plaque, Col. IV., ll. 5 ff. The passage does not refer to Urukagina's own reign, as assumed by Meyer, "Geschichte," Bd. I., Hft. II., p. 456. [39] Cone A, Cones B and C, and the Oval Plaque; see "Découvertes en Chaldée," pp. l.-lii., and Thureau-Dangin, "Königsinschriften," pp. 44 ff. [40] Cones B and C, Col. VII., ll. 12 ff. For an interesting discussion of many of the official titles occurring on the tablets of the period, see Genouillac, "Tabl. sum. arch.," pp. xxiii. ff. [41] Cones B and C, Col. IV., ll. 9 ff. [42] Cones B and C, Col. IX., ll. 7 ff. [43] Cf. Cone A, Col. V. (end). [44] See "Cun. Texts in the Brit. Mus.," Pt. III., pl. 2 ff., Pt. V., pl. 4 ff., and cf. Hunger, "Becherwahrsagung bei den Babyloniern," in "Leipzig. Semit. Stud.," I., 1. [45] On this point cf. also Cuq, "Nouvelle revue historique," 1908, p. 485. [46] The principal argument for its Semitic origin was based on a misrendering of _galâbu_ (see Meyer, "Sum. und Sem.," p. 24, n. 3, and cf. "Geschichte," I. 2, p. 512). [47] Cones B and C, Col. VIII., ll. 10 ff. [48] B and C, Col. XII., ll. 26 ff. [49] Cf. Cone A, Col. VII., and Cones B and C, Col. XII., l. 21 f. The phrase does not imply that slavery was abolished, but that abuses were put down in the administration of the state. The employment of slaves naturally continued to be a recognized institution as in earlier and later periods. In fact, tablets of this epoch prove that not only private persons, but also temples could possess slaves, and, like domestic animals, they could be dedicated to a god for life. Thus eight male and three female slaves are mentioned in a list of offerings made by Amattar-sirsirra, a daughter of Urukagina, to the god Mesandu (cf. Genouillac, "Orient. Lit.-Zeit.," 1909, col. 110 f.). [50] Cones B and C, Col. XII., ll. 23 ff. [51] Cf. Brick, Col. IV., Cone A, Col. III., l. 10, and Cones B and C, Col. II., ll. 11 ff. [52] Cones B and C, Col. XII., ll. 29 ff. [53] Olive A; cf. "Découvertes," p. 1., and "Königsinschriften," p. 44 f. [54] Olive C; "Königsinschriften," p. 44 f. [55] Oval Plaque, Col. IV., the end of which is wanting; cf. p. 178, n. 1. [56] See Thureau-Dangin, "Rev. d'Assyr.," Vol. VI., pp. 26 ff., "Königsinschriften," pp. 56 ff. [57] See above, p. 169 f. [58] Tell K; see above, pp. 19 f., 90 ff. [59] Cf. Genouillac, "Tabl. sum. arch.," pp. xv., n. 12, xli. CHAPTER VII EARLY RULERS OF SUMER AND KINGS OF KISH