Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous
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overthrew. We identify him with the King of the Elamites who, allied with
Rimsin or Rimagu, was overthrown by Nammurabi or Izdubar.] [Footnote 10: "Rim-siu," above referred to, who overthrew Uruk, or Karrak, or Erech. He was King of Larsa, immediately south of Erech.] [Footnote 11: "Nap-pa-khu," war-trumpet.] [Footnote 12: "Bar-ru," army officer.] [Footnote 13: "Samas," the sun-god.] [Footnote 14: "Subartu" is derived from the Accadian "subar" ("high"), applied by the Accadians to the highlands of Aram or Syria. It is probable that all these countries, viz., Subartu, Goim, Lullubu, Kharsak-kalama, Eridu, and Duran, were at one time inhabited by the Accadians, until driven out by the Semites.] [Footnote 15: "Sutu" is supposed to refer to the Arabians.] [Footnote 16: "Kassi," the Kassites or Elamites. The Kassi inhabited the northern part of Elam.] [Footnote 17: "Goim," or "Gutium," supposed by Sir Henry Rawlinson to be the Goyim of Gen. xiv, ruled by Tidal or Turgal ("the Great Son").] [Footnote 18: "Lul-lu-bu," a country northward of Mesopotamia and Nizir.] [Footnote 19: "Kharsak-kala-ma," the city supposed to lie at the base of Kharsak-kurra, or Mount Nizir, or Mount Elwend. The same city was |
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