THE BABYLONIAN EXPEDITION

FROM THE TEMPLE ABCHIVES OF NIPPUR. 35
ummicni (= SAB"""), p$b& (= &'ABn"ah)'; (13) "servants," arduy (14) shattnm
and """""PA.ENGAR3; (15) it&; (16) "tax-gatherers," miilcisu" (17) "sheriffs,"
' No. 39 : 17 (writer ""U-bm-rirm): ,~:l~b~." shQ be-li-ia. CT. 46 : 0, ~AUh~-~{ka] and 58 : 12, QilRhCa sh6 be-li
itn$u-ru. From 9 : 17, 100 $,4Bbi.~(!) gi-ir~-nn-ta ki-iig-ns-nn r~ilB"""(!) sl~d be-li-io ir-la-pi-is, it is appa~.cnL that
tlicrescerns to have heen u. differeilae betmecn $.iB!+"-" i~rid SAIF~~'; tho Iurnn:r are = "men," wlrilo tlialntter are= "sol-
diers"; for a tra~ralatiol~ seep. 106. 111 13. E., SIV, SV, $AB~~.'~ and &ABm'h a1.c uscd intcrcliangeably; cf., e.g., LC.,
XIV, 5Ca : 20, PAD 27 $AUme8" slid li-r/n-ri-e i-pt~-shu, ie., "f~od (witge~) for 27 'men' who lmve tilled (made) the
fields," itud according to l.c., 1. 30, tlls a "n"f"~~~ and RA.ZlD.D.4 !lave $.1Bm"".
' This follows not only from tlie temr "sol.vantn wllicll tile various writers apply to tlie~rlrelves when writing to
thcir "Lord," but also from tlic Inct that very frequently otl~cr pct.so~ls i~1.8 referrecl to in tlrese lettcrs as "thy (i.e., the
Lord's) servant," ardi-ica. Among tlie pcrsons tlius spoken of as thl: " I,ord'sn sei-varlt wc lind, e.g., "ErbaZi"~arduk,
27 : 30, 32 1 20 : 4 [5] 1 35 : 17 1 ti5 : 9 (cf. here also "~rbn-~~"Mur~lt~k, the writer of 1ettcl.s Nos. 13, 14, 81, 82):
rn iLu~WN.IB-SHICS~~-~~-no, 1 : 16, 17; ""I~A.SHA-~~~IIVI, 31 : 34, 35; n~-na-$.lf~/~.GAL, 2 : 32; rn i f u ~ l ~ T- ~ . ~ A
Ba-ni, 14 : 18; "IZ~L-du-ra-ni, 35 : 31 (of. also the writer of Nos. 26, 27, 28); "l!41-li-Shi-palc, 17 : 32; 'niVa-ah-ri-
[ifuMwd~l~], 42 : 12, 13; ""SHI$LSIf-shd-6sl~-~, 45 : 7; ~E.sAG.?L-zu-~.~-~~ [ardi-ka], 9 : 15. CI. 21 : 27,II ardi-ka.
Ro. 39 : 3 (writer "U-bar-nun); [1T, : 4, name of writer bl.ol