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42 TEE CUNEIFORM INSCBIFTIONS AND TEE 0. T.
Asarhaddon.
11. Puduil, king of Beth-Ammon.
12. Achimelech, king of Ashdod.
13. Ikistura, king of Idalium.
14. Pilagura, king of Kitrus*.
15. Ki[su], king of Sillua**.
16. Itaanda[r] ***, king of Paphos.
17. Irisu, king of SiM (?).
18. Damasu, king of Curium.
19. Rumisu, king of Tamassus.
20. Damusi, king of Karticha-
dast f.
21. Unasagusu, king of Lidirff
22. Pususu, king of Nun (?).
.
11. Amminadab, king of Beth-
Ammon.
12. Achimelech, king of Ashdod.
13. Ikistura, king of Idalium.
14. PilSgura, king of Kitrus*.
15. Kisu, king of Silfla**.
16. Ituandar***, king of Paphos.
17. Irisu, king of Sillu.
18. Damasu, king of Curium.
19. Rumisu, king of Tamassus.
20. Damiisu, king of Karticha-
dast f.
21. Unasagusu, king of Lidirf f.
22. Pususu, king of Nuri'.
From the preceding inscription we see clearly that Manas-
seh was tributary to Asarhaddon and that the same thing
357 was also true of Asarhaddon's successor, Asurbanipal. The
list certainly appears to a large extent identical with the
contents of Asarhaddon's list. Hence we might be disposed
to regard the list of Asurbanipal as simply a boastful
reproduction of that of Asarhaddon. But in Asurbanipal's
* Kitrus is XvTQoq, Xvxqol (Ptolemaeus V. 14 (13) § 6). See
my Zur Kritik der Insch. Tigl.-Pil. II, p. 34.
** Sillfla, perhaps "Salamis"; Sillfi line 17 = Soli; see Keilinsch.
u. Gesch. p. 79.
*** Respecting Itiiandar = 'Ezsj:av6Qoq see Keilinsch. u. Gesch. p. 77.
"Moritz Schmidt in Jena has read this as the name of a king of
Paphos in an inscription which runs thus :
—
ExefavdQO} ret) IIcKpo}
/9«(7iAf/og (Collection of Cyprian Inscriptions in epichoric style, Jena,
1876, p. 8, no. 10)".
t Kartichadasti ntl'in Dip "Newtown", therefore ultimately
Carthage, Ka()Xrj6i6v. Zur Kritik der Insch. Tigl.-Pil. II, p. 34, comp.
Meltzer, Geschichte der Karthager I. 430, 450.
ft Lidir =: AsSgcjv, Asdga, AsSgai. Further details may be seen
in my above-mentioned essay pp. 34. 36.