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Updated: May 15, 2025
To the same class belong such designations as E-dur-an-ki, 'the link of heaven and earth, the name of a zikkurat at Larsa; E-an-dadia, 'the house reaching to heaven, the zikkurat at Agade; E-pa, 'the summit house, the zikkurat to Nin-girsu at Lagash; E-gubba-an-ki, 'the point of heaven and earth, one of the names of the zikkurat in Dilbat; E-dim-anna, 'the house of heavenly construction, the chapel to Sin within the precinct of E-Zida at Borsippa, a name that again conveys the notion of an edifice reaching up to heaven.
There were also towns such as Larsa and Sippara, where the sun was the chief god; and many of the great gods of later times were originally sun-gods.
Another of the governors of Lagash calls himself, priest of Ea, describing the god as the "supreme councillor." From him, the king receives "wisdom." A ruler, Rim-Sin, of the dynasty of Larsa, associates Ea with Bel, declaring that these "great gods" entrusted Uruk into his hands with the injunction to rebuild the city that had fallen in ruins.
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