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NOTE ON KASSITE NAMES
The following is a translation of the Babylonian renderings of the names of the twenty-one kings, chiefly Kassites, mentioned on p. 553 of volume I:
| "Wide-spread kin" | "Man of Gula" |
| "True kin" | "Man of Shukamuna" |
| "Shepherd of the Kashshi" | "Man of Shimalia" |
| "Offspring of Marduk" | "Man of Shamash" |
| "Offspring of the Lord of lands" | "Protect(ion)" |
| "Shadow of Ninurta" | "Protect(ion) of [Shamash]" |
| "Man of Marduk" | "Protect[(ion) of the Lord of lands]" |
| "Servant of the [Lord of land]s" (?) | "Hel[p of the Lord of lands]" |
| "Help of Bel" | "Hel[p of Shamash]" |
| "Offspring of Bel" | "[Shadow of Mard]uk" |
| "[Shadow of the Lord] of lands" |