[2] See "Boundary-Stones in the Brit. Mus.," pp. 96 ff.
[3] The Fourth Dynasty was known as that of Isin, and the fact that its founder should have come from there is to be explained by the magnitude of the disaster to Northern Babylonia. The city had been known as Nîsin in the earlier period (see above, [p. 91], n. 1**), but even then there was a tendency to drop the initial n.
[4] I owe this information to Prof. Clay, who is preparing the text for publication.
[6] Op. cit., p. 37.
[7] See above, [p. 245], n. 1.
[8] Nebuchadnezzar laid claim to the title, "Conqueror of the mighty land of Lulubu"; see "Boundary Stones," p. 31, 1. 9.
[9] Ibid., 1. 10.
[10] A current exaggeration of Babylon's dominion in the West under Nebuchadnezzar I. appears to have arisen from a confusion as to the authorship of Nebuchadnezzar II.'s fragmentary inscription at the Nahr-el-Kelb, which is written in archaistic characters.
[11] Cf. "Boundary-Stones in the Brit. Mus.," pp. 76 ff.