Lugal

Still in Galatia, many areas -- Ponteverdra (ph), Lugal (ph), Vigal (ph) with high seas also on the coast.

CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2009 2009

And I gave him my dagger for it, the one the Lugal gave me.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

Kaneka toyed with a gold necklace she held in her lap, a gift of the Lugal, bowing her head and polishing the gleaming metal.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

SINADDAN-SHAMABARSIN, the Lugal of Khebbel-im-Akkad and ruler of Nineveh, threw a fête to herald our arrival.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

And the Lugal, the new breed of Akkadian despot, mindful of the responsibilities of power, nodded to himself, his neatly tended black beard bobbing.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

Without direct orders from the Lugal himself, he dared not second-guess his wishes.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

It would go unladen, for the Lugal had paid the entire passage, and there were but twelve of us, Jebean,

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

The Lugal paced the room as we entered, black brows scowling beneath his turban of cloth-of-gold.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

We passed one last night together in a fine Tyrean inn, which the Lugal had reserved for our pleasure, even ensuring that there would be no fuss about men and women dining in common.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

Thanks to the generosity of the Lugal of Khebbel-im-Akkad and Ras Lijasu of Meroë, while we did not travel in state, we travelled in comfort, as much as one might attain in the wilds of Jebe-Barkal.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003