The minister of Ningirsu's harîm was the god Shakanshabar, and he was installed near to Nin-girsu that he might issue his commands, both great and small.
Entemena summoned him to his presence, and, after marching in a triumphal procession from Girsu in the neighbourhood of Shirpurla to the conquered city, proceeded to invest him with the office of patesi of Gishkhu.
Enakalli did not negotiate the treaty on equal terms with Eannadu, for he only secured its ratification by consenting to pay heavy tribute in grain for the supply of the great temples of Nin-girsu and Ninâ in Shirpurla.
For two gate-sockets have been found at Tello, which originally formed parts of a temple founded in Girsu by Arad-Nannar for the cult of Gimil-Sin, and in the inscriptions upon them he has left us a list of his appointments.
The small canal of Girsu he also repaired, and he revived its former name, "Ningirsu is prince in Nippur.
It has indeed been suggested that, as Urukagina is termed "King of Girsu" in the lament on the fall of Lagash, he may have survived the catastrophe and continued to rule as king in Girsu (cf.
These gods, accordingly, take precedence of Nin-girsu in the first list.
Girsu itself, as the inscriptions show, is one of the four sections into which the capitol city of Lagash was divided.
The temple of Nin-girsu is sanctified anew by purification rites, and the statue is formally presented to the god amidst sacrifices and offerings of rich gifts.
Oppert accepts the reading Nin-girsu first proposed by Arthur Amlaud.
Ur-Bau declares himself to be the darling of this deity, and in the town of Girsu he erects a temple to him.
Nin-Girsu is frequently alluded to as 'the warrior of Bel'--he who broke through the hostile ranks to aid the worshippers of the great god of the netherworld.
Nin-Girsu Girsu was a part of the city of Lagash, and the name Nin-Girsu means 'Lord of Girsu.
Girsu had originally been a city itself and had become merged into Lagash, so its god was probably of ancient origin.
As a variant of Nin-girsu he would of course be identified with Tammuz.
Tammuz, like Anshar, as sentinel of the night heaven, was a goat, as was also Nin-Girsu of Lagash.
Possibly in this case it is the god Nin-Girsu who is being honoured.
This deity was subsequently identified with Merodach, son of Ea; Ninip, son of Enlil; and Nin-Girsu of Lagash.
Possibly, as Heuzey suggests, this figure is a representation of that hero of Babylonian folk-lore, but it is probably a picture of the god Nin-girsu himself.
The power enjoyed by the high priest of Nin-girsu may be judged from the fact that both Enlitarzi and Enetarzi occupied this position before they ascended the throne.
On the right side of the impression, the god is engaged on foot with an enemy who appears to be armed with a weapon shaped like a boomerang, such as that with which the god Nin-girsu is armed on the Vulture Stele.
The priest of Nin-girsu ranked immediately after the patesi himself, and his temples are entirely national in character.
In the second volume of the same work Nin-Girsu is given as the pronunciation of the name of the god of agriculturalists, confirming this identification, Tammuz being also god of agriculture.
The original seat of his worship was Muru in South Babylonia, to which the patesi of Girsu in the time of Ibi-Sin sent grain as an offering.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "girsu" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
