3. In Ur 4. Mesannipada 5. was king; 6. he ruled 80 years. 7. Meskiagnunna, 8. son of Mesannipada, 9. ruled 30 years. 10. Elu ........ 11. ruled 25 years. 12. Balu ....... 13. 36 years. 14. 4 kings 15. ruled 171 years. 16. As to Ur 17. the kingdom 18. passed to Awan.[373] _Column IV_[374] 1. ruled 21 years. 2. Ishme-Dagan, 3. son of Idin-Dagan, 4. ruled 21 years. 5. Libit-Ishtar, 6. son of Idin-Dagan, 7. ruled 11 years. 8. Ur-Ninib, 9. son of Im ......., .................... _Column V_ 1. Total 51 kings-- 2. their years were 18000 ...+ 3. 9 years ....... months ....... 4. Four times 5. in Kish: 6. total 22 kings-- 7. their years were 2610+ 8. 6 months, 15 days. 9. Five times 10. in Erech: 11. total 13 kings-- 12. their years were 396-- 13. ruled. 14. Three times 15. in Ur: 16. total 3 kings-- 17. their years were 356-- 18. ruled. 19. Once 20. in Awan: 21. total 1 king-- 22. his rule was 7 years. 23. Once 24. in[375] ....... _Column VI_ 1. (total .......) kings-- 2. (their years) were 196-- 3. ruled. 4. Twice in Agade: 5. total 21 kings-- 6. their years were 125 years 7. 40 days--ruled. 8. Once 9. in the people 10. of Gutium: 11. total 11 kings-- 12. their years were 159 years-- 13. ruled 14. in Isin (?). 15. Eleven 16. royal cities 17. ruled. 18. Total 134 kings. 19. Grand total 28876+ 20. years, 21. ...... months.[375] This interesting document does not stand alone. Three other tablets published in the same volume[376] contain similar material, though all that would have a bearing on our present topic is too broken for connected translation. It is clear from the translation here given that the Babylonians ascribed to some early kings reigns as long, and even longer in some cases, than those ascribed to the antediluvian patriarchs in Genesis 5. The peculiar spelling of Galumum and Zugagib in the Babylonian characters, together with the meaning of the words, shows that they are animal names. Zugagib means “scorpion” and Galumum, “lamb.” In the lines which preceded, probably similar animal names were recorded. Perhaps this expresses the idea that animals were made before men, as is stated in Gen. 1:24-26. =2. Comparison with Genesis 5.=--The next name, Aripi,[377] may also have been read Adimê, and perhaps was so read by the Sumerians themselves. If it came to the Hebrews in this form they would naturally equate it with the Hebrew Adam, which means “man.”