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P a r t IV . of Cuneiform Texts f rom Babylonian Tablets , e tc
. , contains tex tsf rom one hundred and twenty-four c lay tab
lets. T h e greater number of thesetablets are commercial
documents, which were writ ten d u r i n g the per iod of th efirst
dynas ty of Babylon, from about B.C. 2300 to B.C. 2000. Of the tex
ts whichmention royal names, one belongs to the period of Sumu-abi
( B u . 9~-5 -9 , 475 ) ; fourbelong to the re ign of Sumula-ilu
(Bu. 88-5-12, 717, Bu. 91-5-9, 318, 818,2 ,188 ) ; t h ree to the
re ign of Za bum (B u. 88-5-12, 587, 681, Bu. 91-5-9, 2, 47 3) ;six
to th e reign of Abil-Sin (Bu. 88-5-12, 38, 180, 265, 580, 71 I ,
725) ; fiveto the re ign of Sin -m uba llit (B u. 88-5-12, 285,
677, 689, 721 , 731) ; nine tothe reign of Kh amm urabi (B u.
88-5-12, 53, 318, 624, 675, 693, 697, 713,Bu. 91-5-9, 69 1, 7 1 2 )
; ten to the re ign of Sam su-iluna (B u. 88-5-12, 183, 274,282,
609, 61 7, 687, 699, 701, 705, Bu . 91-5-9, 43 9) ; tw o to the re
ign ofAbeshu or Eb ishu m (B u. 88-5-12, 603, Bu . 91-5-9, 784) ;
four to the re ign ofAm mi-ditan a (B u. 88-5-12, 218, 5 2 2 , 635,
601) ; ten to the re ign of Ammi-zaduga(B u. 88-5-12, 216 , 269,
309, 324, 327, 504, 507, 509, 532, 549) ; one to the reignof Sam
su-ditan a (B u. 88-5-12, 31 3) ; one to th e re ign of
Shamash-shuni-ult in(B u. 88-5-12, 533) ; one to the reign of Na
bopo lassar (B u. 88-5-12, 554) ; t w o tothe re ign of
Nebuchadnezzar 11. (BT J. 88-5-12, 556, 608) ; tw o to the reign
ofNa bon idus (B u. 88-5-12, 560, 641 ) ; one to the re ign of Cam
byses (Bu . 88-5-12,336) ; five to the re ign of Darius (B u.
88-5-12, 287, 557, 637, 639, 643) ;one to the reign of Xerxes (BE.
88-5-12 , 593) ; one to th e reign of Alexander(B u. 88-5-12, 619 )
; and o ne to the r e ign of Seleucus (Bu. 88-5-12, 514).x 1:3
Of t he t ex t s in which no royal nam e occurs, eleven (B u.
88-5-12, 184, 278,323, 329, 342, 581, 607, 621, 638, B u. 91-5-9,
1,154 , 2,18 7) are le tters, a nd th irty-eight (Bu. 88-5-12, 5,
61, 188, 1921 217, 256, 275, 294, 295, 333, 339, 341,345, 505, 535,
564, 568, 585, 586, 591, 598, 602, 604, 618, 623, 626, 627,
636,640, 645, 655, 679. Bu . 91-5-9, 685, 838, 1 , 0 2 0 , 1,182,
2,337, 2,341) refergenerally to business transactions; all these
belong to the per iod of t h e firstdynasty of Babylon.
Of the rem ain ing tex ts one belongs to the late Babylonian
period (Bu. 88-5-12,31 I ) ; thre e relate to prayers and incantat
ions (Bu. 88-5-12, 6 , 7, 51) ; and oneto astrology (Bu. 88-5-13, I
I ) .
T h e copies have been m ade by Mr . T. G. Pinches, Assistant in
theDepar tment .
E. A . WALLIS B U D G E .
