简介:ntroductionThemeaningoftheexpressiongisbi2-(in)-DU3,intheroyalinscriptionofUtu-hegalrecordinghisvictoriouscampaignagainstGutium,isstillnuclear.F.Thureau-Dangin(1912)readtheexpressiongis-ne-GAGwiththetranslation"tosacrifice"followedbyseveralotherscholars(Kramer1963,325f.;IRSA,130-2).W.H.Ph.Romerhashowever,inhistreatmentoftheinscription,mostconvincinglyarguedfortherejectionofthistranslation.2Inadditiontohisarguments,wemayperhapsaddthatthedifferentcontextsinwhichgisbi2-DU3ismentioneddonotseemtobeofareligiousch...