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the mountain of Barsip (Jg[ ^if^T *f~ t~~ § ursa ff Barsip), 

 probably the Til-Barsip (mound or hill of Barsip) of the 

 Assyrian inscriptions, he imported a material called impau 1 * 

 (or imhau" 1 , ^*ff £K ^Xl)- as we ^ as naluastonQ ( ^f _4j 

 "HI Ty)' wn i° n was brought in large boats, for the foundations 

 of E-ninnu. Finally, he claims to have smitten the city 

 of Ansan in Elam (the city from which Babylon, two thou- 

 sand years later, was to receive, in the person of Cyrus, 

 a conqueror) with the sword, and to have^ dedicated the 

 spoils of that expedition to his patron deity E-girsu. 



After having reared all the above-named temples and 

 shrines, he built another edifice, which seems to have been 

 erected within an enclosure of columns, these last probably 

 in the likeness of plants. 



" As no patest," the inscription says, " has constructed for 

 E-girsu, he constructed for him. The glorious-shining 

 record of his name, E-girsu's renown, he has completed 

 for him. He has brought vsn- (or £.s«-)stone (diorite) from 

 Magan (Sinai and Midian), (and) has employed it for his 

 statue. ' My king, whose house I have built, my life-gift,' * 

 he has proclaimed him by name, (and) has set him in 

 E-ninnu. Gudea gave command to (this) statue, (saying), 

 'Invoke the statue of my king.' f After he had built 

 E-ninnu, his beloved house (= temple), he released bonds 

 and confirmed benefits. For seven days obedience was not 

 exacted,:}: the maid was made like her mistress, and the 

 man-servant like his lord. My city rested (in) plenty (?) by 

 my gift (?). I have turned what is evil from the temple, 

 I have appointed ordinances (ceremonies ?)§ for Nina and 

 E-girsu. There is nothing (?) that the man who possesses has 

 not given ; there is no work (?) that the strong man has not 

 done. || If a house had not a male-child, its daughter has 

 given the offering. 



* *¥li£ *~^K ¥ ^T *^inamti-nigba-mu,a.^a,rent\y=.Mstibalati-ia % 

 " gift of my life." 



t Such is, apparently, the way the words are to be understood. The 

 statue of Gudea was to represent him in the temple of fi-girsu for ever. 



X Aj TYY I Y *~*T~ M *~E! ^ I £» ' d-iminam se la-bagur. 

 § ¥ *tM *W -4> nig-gigina. 



II ^ £l ^ ¥ JL *- >^ ^ ¥ ^ ^ ^ir &> tw 



jkr *f- >-Aj Y» nic-ku lit nig- tug mt,-mu-na-gar, na-ma-su, lu a-tvg 

 nu-na-gar. 



