 For example, the Sumerian king Shulgi described himself as "the king of the four quarters, the pastor of the black-headed people".The Akkadians also called the Sumerians "black-headed people", or "tsalmat-qaqqadi", in the Semitic Akkadian language.The Akkadian word "Šumer" may represent the geographical name in dialect, but the phonological development leading to the Akkadian term "šumerû" is uncertain.