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Strange word in NIDBA


Alistair

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I can only confirm that it is not a typo, the hard copy is the same.

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I've only been able to identify "ensis" as a kind of mollusc. Can anyone shed some light on this, or are we to believe Lagash was served by a bureaucracy of bivalves?

It's a Sumerian word for "ruler" (ensi) pluralized with the English "s."

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Thanks JP, that explains it. I suspected my mollusc theory didn't have a leg to stand on. :)

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