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10. Clay olive The Early Dynastic period (the mid third millennium B.C.) The city-state of Lagash, Girsu (modern Tello) 
Translation: "The goddess Bau, the one who gives advice, has found a place for service for Urukagina! – (this is) its name." The note "(this is) its name" probably referred to some object that Urukagina gave as a gift to the temple and devoted to the goddess Bau. Maybe it was impossible to write on the object itself (it could be a date palm, or some other tree planted by the king in the temple’s garden). For this reason, a label with a votive inscription was attached to it, so that there was no confusion about who made this gift. |
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