[256] See above, p. [149].

[257] See below, p. [237].

[258] A king of Nippur (c. 2500 B.C.) bears the name Ishme-Dagan.

[259] See above, p. [154]; Tiele, Geschichte der Religion im Alterthum, i. 172.

[260] See Hommel, Geschichte, p. 490. How much earlier Samsi-Ramman I. reigned is not known—perhaps only 40 or 50 years.

[261] The d of Dagon would be represented by d in cuneiform writing.

[262] See p. [154].

[263] An eponym in his days bears the name Daganbelusur.

[264] In the El-Amarna tablets (c. 1400 B.C.) the governors of the Palestinian states generally address their Egyptian lord as 'my sun'.

[265] Exactly of what nature we do not know. The Assyrian word used, Cylinder, l. 43, is obscure.