and far but now that we have shown that the Sumerians were fully aware of the true nature of the solar system the other meanings of the term bad the olden the foundation the one where death is assume direct significance these are appropriate epithets for the Sun and it follows that by Lu bad the Sumerians meant not mere wandering sheep but sheep shepherded by the Sun the planets of our Sun the location and relation of the Lu bad to each other and to the Sun were described in many Mesopotamian astronomical texts there were references