[40] Cf. Meyer, "Sumerier und Semiten," p. 77.

[41] Dudu's block was probably let into solid masonry or brickwork, while the plaques of Ur-Ninâ would have rested on the surface of altars built of brick; cf. Heuzey, "Découvertes en Chaldée," p. 204.

[42] See the plate opposite p. [110].

[43] See above, p. [41] f.

[44] See the plate opposite p. [138].

[45] So, for instance, Radau, "Early Bab. History," p. 70.

[46] The figure, which is in the Louvre, was not found at Tello, but was purchased at Shatra, so that its provenance is not certain.

[47] See Radau, op. cit., p. 70, and cp. Genouillac, "Tablettes sumériennes archaïques," p. xi.

[48] See the similar figure on a fragment of shell, illustrated on p. [41].

[49] Cf. Radau, "Early Bab. History," p. 71.