[93] Hilprecht, Old Babylonian Inscriptions, i. 2, no. 93. The name also appears in syllabaries as Shul-pa-ud-du-a. For the element pa-udda, see p. [103]. In Nergal's name Shid-lam-ta-uddu-a (p. [65]), the same final elements are found which appear to be characteristic epithets of solar deities. The first element in the name has also the value Dun (as in Dun-gi).

[94] Jensen, Kosmologie, pp. 125, 126.

[95] See Journal Asiatique, September-October, 1895, p. 393.

[96] De Sarzec, pl. 8, col. v. ll. 8-12.

[97] IR. pl. 2, no. 4.

[98] Jensen regards Pa-sag as a possible phonetic form, but his view is hardly tenable.

[99] See Zimmern, Busspsalmen, pp. 60, 61.

[100] Cylinder A, cols. iv. and v. Amiaud read the name Nirba.

[101] Just published by Hilprecht, Old Babylonian Inscriptions, i. 2, pls. 38-47. Cf. p. [52]

[102] VR. col. i. 48.