[1131] Isaiah, viii. 19.

[1132] One of the names for the priest in Babylonia is Shâ'ilu, i.e., 'inquirer,' and the corresponding Hebrew word Shô'êl is similarly used in a few passages of the Old Testament; e.g., Deut. xviii. 11; Micah, vii. 3. See an article by the writer on "The Stem Shâ'al and the Name of Samuel," in a forthcoming number of the Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature.

[1133] See above, pp. [333] seq.

[1134] See p. [167].

[1135] See above, p. [167], and Scheit, Le Culte de Gudea, etc. (Recueil des Travaux, xviii. 64 seq.)

[1136] Thureau-Dangin, Le Culte des Rois dans la periode Prebabylonienne (Recueil des Travaux, etc., xix. 486).

[1137] See above, p. [36]. The text is published IIIR. pl. 4, no. 7. Recently, Mr. Pinches has published a variant version of this story (Proc. Soc. Bibl. Arch. xviii. 257, 258).

[1138] IVR. 34.

[1139] In view of recent discussions of the subject, it is important to note that Tiele already fifteen years ago recognized that Sargon was a historical personage. See his remarks, Babyl. Assyr. Gesch., p. 112.

[1140] Chapter ii.