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Gudea

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[goo-dee-uh] / guˈdi ə /

noun

  1. flourished c2250 b.c., Sumerian ruler.


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My notions about the country were formed by the British Museum: the head of Gudea, king of Lagash, treasures from Ur, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Assyria, and Babylon—all of which had occupied what is now Syria.

From Newsweek • Jul. 30, 2012

Gudea, St. B 9, 27.206.Semitic šattamma a title employed in later times apparently in a secular sense.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen

For Gudea, Ga-tum-dug is the mother who produced him.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

A very early female divinity is Bau, worshiped particularly at the city Lagash and by King Gudea.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

Of the rulers of the first period of Babylonian history, it so happens that we know more of Gudea than of any other.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

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