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Paris, 20080302, Louvre: Gudea, prince de Lagash. Statue dite au «vase jaillisant» dédiée à la déesse Geshtinanna. Diorite. Vers 2120 av. J-C. Tello, ancienne Girsu.
Gudea with the Gushing Vase shows the prince in his usual costume, holding against his chest a vase from which spurts out streams of fish, the attributes of the god of the abyss and the god Ningirsu ; the motif is re-expressed on the base. On the front of his robe is inscribed a dedication to the godess of the reviving water, Gashtinanna; and on his right shoulder: “Gudea, prince of Lagash, who built the temple of Ningishzidda and the temple of Gashtinanna”
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