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Mr.  ZU  is  EN-ZU»  and  Mrs.  ZV  is  NIN-ZU.  The  latter  is
'Icnown  to  me  only  from  the  proper  name  Uf-"""*^' Nin-zu,  "the  ser-
vant of  NIN  ZU/'«  Another,  laier,  name^  for  EN-ZU  was  ^^»«**
Uru,*  or  mostly  written  ^'^*''Uni-ki.*

I  This  ^'""f^' Uru-ki  is   the  dumu-sag  '*'^'En4iMaL^     Under  the

name '^'"^' En-zu  he  is  known  also  as  the  amar-baoda  '^''''f'^En-Hn
and  as  '"''*^'  Uru-ki  as  the  amar-banda  An-na,'  The  wife  of  ^^°^'  Uru-
ki  is  also  called  "'"^^^  N in- gal ^  Uni-ki  or  En-2u  had  several  chil-
dren:

I  a.  *»^"«*'UD,»  who  is  called  *'sib  tu-da  '^'•^■^^  Uru-ki. "  ^^     The  wife

^^'A-A  of  ='^"«^^UD  is  so  far  not  found  in  Old  Babylonian  texts.
^_         ^.  '^''^f^'Innanna  nin  char-sag  .  .  .  TUR-SAL  ^'"i^^EN-ZU-NA.»

^^  With  '^'"•f'^UD  probably  is  closely  connected  the  '^'"'^'AMAR-
UD,  i,  e,,  "the  ox  of  UD/'»  or  "the  child  of  UD."i*  This  god
does  not**  occur  in  the  oldest  inscription.     He  is  known  to  us

1  For  the  mscriptions  in  which  he  occurs  see  £.  B.  K. ,  Index,  gods,  p.  443
sub  E,

^E.  B,  H.  413,  |.  To  read  NiQ>a*zii  for  Nin-zu  is  not  necessarj,  for  we  know
from  later  inscrlptioos  that  EN-ZU  had  a  un/'e,  and  if  he  had,  her  real  or  original
same  musl  have  hc^m.  ^'"^"^Nin-iu.
I  'Which  was  originally  ao  attribute  of  EN-ZU.
