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A notable contribution to the interpretation of the Kudurru monuments was made by Belser, in the Beiträge zur Assyriologie, ii. 111-203. It still seems most plausible to regard the pictures as symbols of spirits or demons. Such an interpretation is in accord with the Babylonian and general Semitic view of land ownership.
See Keils Bibl. 3, 1, p. 133. King reads, Lugal-diri-tu-gab. Kosmologie, pp. 481 seq. Belser, Beiträge zur Assyr. ii. 203, col. vi. Kossaer, pp. 25-27. Delitzsch, Kossaer, p. 33. See above, p. 105. Examples of punning etymologies on names of gods are frequent. See Jensen's discussion of Nergal for examples of various plays upon the name of the god. Kosmologie, pp. 185 seq.
De Sarzec, Découvertes en Chaldée, pl. 3. On the stele of vultures, the dead are naked. See p. 512. Such sacrifices are pictured on the stele of vultures. IIIR. 43, col. iv. l. 20; Belser, Beiträge zur Assyriologie, ll. 175, 18; Pinches, Babylonian Texts, p. 18. For this custom see Trumbull, The Threshold Covenant, p. 25; Peters' Nippur, ii. 202, 203.
Belser, of Alabama, was opposed to the Duncan amendment since it "aimed to admit as a State only a portion of Iowa at this time. This he would have no objection to, provided Florida is treated in the same way. He was for receiving both into the Confederacy, with like terms and restrictions.
Belser in Haupt and Delitzsch, Beiträge sur Assyriologie, ii. 187 seq., col. vi. i. 3 seq. The character of this part of the hymn is quite different from that which precedes. For further notices of these gods, see chapter x. See above, p. 122. See p. 177.
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