THE BABYLONIAN EXPEDITION

PROM THE TEMPLE ARCHIVES OF NIPPUK. 7
'(scribes"' and show that they lived during the reign, or were contemporaries, of
one or the other of the above mentioned Cassite kings. Seeing that such an investigation
would lead too far here, we reserve it for Series C.
We need not, however, rely entirely upon the "personsJ' introduced in these
documents to establish for our letters a. Cassite origin and age. There are other
means at our disposal which lead to the same result. Among tjhese might be enumerated
:
(b) The Cassite names of the persons mentioned as, e.g., mGu.-xa-ar-AN ( = ilu?);
"Si-ri-da-a~h,~ il.liLr-m~-su(!)-ub-Shi-pulc,4 Micr-"o-da-shci-ci~h,~ "Na-xi-i"En-lil,"
' ".4,di-(7ASII,.i.V ( = Belit), tlre writer of 41,. 5, is mentioned in R. E., XIV, '10 : 30 (dated in the 21st ycdr
of I