Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

Mayi] PROCEEDINGS. [i894-

ASSYRIOLOGIGAL NOTES.

By Professor Dr.Fritz Hommel.

§ 1. The originof the expression Sumir andAkkad. It
is well known thatthe title of the old kings of Ur, Nisin, Larsa
andBabel
335 <m -a ~m <m %v? m

meansthe same as " King of Shumir andAkkad" (in the sense of
"thewholeof Babylonia"). Not onlythe variant in the Semitic
inscriptionsof Hammu-rapaltu (Hammu-rabi),sharmat Shu-mi-ri-im
u Ai-ka-di-im, but also the often cited text W.A.I.,V, 29, 45-47
(Delitzsch," Lesestucke," 2nd ed., p. 71),
ma-da
ma-daKi-in-gi
ma-daKi-in-gi*g^fafki

ma-a-tum

yj Shu-ml-ri

yy yy * Ak-kad-i

andbesidesit the fragment of the Kuyunjik Collection,published
by Pater Strassmaier," Verzeichniss," p. 602 (No. 4864)
lu-galKi-in-giUr-Kzgg( &% ra 1)
sharruKi-in-gijEV(jp -ki
sharruSfiu-ml-riu Ak-ka-di
are definite proofsfor it.
On the other hand,it is well knowntoo,thatthe expression mat
ȣjl3[H^f (1-e-, Imi-ktt,"holytongue,""tongue of incantations"),
is a mere synonymof this Ki-in-gi. Theinterestingtext published
by Bezold, Z.A., IV, p. 434, in which Imi-ku is translated by
lishanShumiri(" tongueof Sumir") is also to be compared.
Nowwe have to consider that in the old Sumerian textsthis
titleis not written Ki-in-giUrra-ki,but Ki-in-gi ki- Ur-ra, andthat
the parallelism requires the separation of Ki-in-gi intoKi+In-gi,
so that we should have(as I here for the first timepropose) to
transcribe
Ki-Tn-giki- Ur-ra,
IngiandUrrabeingthe real originalnamesof the two respective
regions.
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