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These curious statuettes frequently bear inscriptions of a votive character, and there can be no doubt that they were used to be stuck into some substance. At one place, De Sarzec found a series set up in concentric circles in the corners of an edifice and under the floor.
On its arrival at the Louvre, M. Léon Heuzey was struck by its general resemblance to a Sumerian head of diorite formerly discovered by M. de Sarzec at Telloh, which has been preserved in the Louvre for many years. On applying the head to the newly found statue, it was found to fit it exactly, and to complete the monument, and we are thus enabled to identify the features of Gudea.
The element also appears in the name of the ruler of Ur, Dungi, i.e., 'the legitimate hero, as Sargon is the 'legitimate king. Signifying, according to Jensen, Keils Bibl. 3, 1, p. 25, 'fighting-place'. Published by Delitzsch, Beiträge zur Assyr. So also Jensen, Kosmologie, p. 14, note 3. So Anu appears to have concubines. See above, pp. 92, 93. Inscription C. De Sarzec, pl. 37, no. 5; Trans.
Still further to the south, at a mound known as Telloh, a representative of the French government, Ernest de Sarzec, began a series of excavations in 1877, which, continued to the present day, have brought to light remains of temples and palaces exceeding in antiquity those hitherto discovered.
Hilprecht reads Nin-a-gid-kha-du, but this can hardly be correct. The two ideas, 'water' and 'incantation, are correlated. The 'waters' meant are those used for purification purposes in connection with the magic formulas. De Sarzec, pl. 32, col. ii. 9-11. Records of the Past, N.S., i. 59. The publication in De Sarzec favors my readings.
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