Note 20 — Chapter VII
Reading edition
The name has also been read as Alu-usharshid, but the phonetic Sumerian rendering Uru-mu-ush is now in general use. A preferable reading would be the Semitic Rí-mu-ush, Rimush (cf. King, "Proc. Bibl. Arch.," XXX., p. 239, n. 2), since the sign URU at this period was commonly employed with the value rí. But, in order to avoid unnecessary confusion, the accepted reading Urumush is retained in the text.