The English Historical Review, Vol. 17: April, 1902 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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In this connexion it may be noticed that he is one of the very few early kings whose wife's name has been recorded. It occurs on an agate seal preserved at the Hague, which was first explained by Hommel, and which reads, Gudea, patesi of Shirpurla, and Gin umun pa ud du his wife.' The latter name means Maiden of Marduk,' or of the planet Jupiter.31 Hommel and Radau read the name simply gin-dun pa ud da. This mention of his wife points to her having been a personage of some consequence. It may be that it was through her be secured the throne, and she may have been the daughter of Ur Bau.

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