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With your <a href="/wiki/Life" title="Life">life</a> you should always be on the side of the warrior; with your life you should always be on the side of Utu. ~ <a href="/wiki/Instructions_of_Shuruppak" title="Instructions of Shuruppak">Šuruppak</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utu" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Utu">Utu</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Akkadian">Akkadian</a> rendition of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Sumerian language">Sumerian</a> <sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingir" class="extiw" title="w:Dingir">d</a></sup><i>UD</i> 𒀭𒌓 "<a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a>") later worshipped by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Semitic" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:East Semitic">East Semitic</a> peoples as <b>Shamash</b> (Akkadian <i>šamaš</i> "Sun" is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cognate" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:cognate">cognate</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_language" class="extiw" title="w:Phoenician language">Phoenician</a>: 𐤔𐤌𐤔 <i>šmš</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Syriac_language" class="extiw" title="w:Classical Syriac language">Classical Syriac</a>: ܫܡܫܐ <i>šemša</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" class="extiw" title="w:Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: שֶׁמֶשׁ <i>šemeš</i> and <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a>: شمس <i>šams</i>) was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Mesopotamian_religion" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Mesopotamian religion">ancient Mesopotamian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_god" class="extiw" title="w:Sun god">god of the sun</a>, justice, morality, and truth, and the twin brother of the goddess <a href="/wiki/Inanna" title="Inanna">Inanna</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_heaven_(antiquity)" class="extiw" title="w:Queen of heaven (antiquity)">Queen of Heaven</a>. His main temples were in the cities of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippar" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Sippar">Sippar</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larsa" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Larsa">Larsa</a>. He was believed to ride through the heavens in his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_deity#Solar_barge_and_sun_chariot" class="extiw" title="w:Solar deity">sun chariot</a> and see all things that happened in the day. He was the enforcer of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_judgment" class="extiw" title="w:Divine judgment">divine justice</a> and was thought to aid those in distress. According to Sumerian mythology, he helped protect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumuzid" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Dumuzid">Dumuzid</a> when the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gallu" class="extiw" title="w:gallu">galla</a></i> demons tried to drag him to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irkalla" class="extiw" title="w:Irkalla">Underworld</a> and he appeared to the hero <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziusudra" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ziusudra">Ziusudra</a> after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth" class="extiw" title="w:Flood myth">Great Flood</a>. In the <i><a href="/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh" title="Epic of Gilgamesh">Epic of Gilgamesh</a></i>, he helps <a href="/wiki/Gilgamesh" title="Gilgamesh">Gilgamesh</a> defeat the ogre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbaba" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Humbaba">Humbaba</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes">Quotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Utu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Quotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>My sister, I swear an oath by the life of heaven, I swear by the life of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_in_mythology#Sumerian_mythology" class="extiw" title="w:Rainbows in mythology">rainbow</a> of heaven, [...] I swear by the life of my throne, by my majesty: I will follow what my sister says to me, I will follow what holy <a href="/wiki/Inana" class="mw-redirect" title="Inana">Inana</a> says to me. <ul><li>In <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr135.htm">Inanna and An</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Babylonian_period" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Old Babylonian period">Old Babylonian period</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes_about_Utu">Quotes about Utu</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Utu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Quotes about Utu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82_._%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4_21.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82_._%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4_21.jpg/220px-%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82_._%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4_21.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82_._%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4_21.jpg/330px-%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82_._%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4_21.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82_._%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4_21.jpg/440px-%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82_._%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4_21.jpg 2x" data-file-width="636" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Utu, <a href="/wiki/Shepherd" title="Shepherd">shepherd</a> of the land, <a href="/wiki/Father" class="mw-redirect" title="Father">father</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer" class="extiw" title="w:Sumer">black-headed</a>, when <a href="/wiki/Sunset" title="Sunset">you go to sleep</a>, the <a href="/wiki/People" class="mw-redirect" title="People">people</a> go to <a href="/wiki/Sleep" title="Sleep">sleep</a> with you; <a href="/wiki/Youth" title="Youth">youth</a> Utu, when <a href="/wiki/Sunrise" title="Sunrise">you rise</a>, the people rise with you. ~ <a href="/wiki/Lugalbanda" title="Lugalbanda">Lugalbanda</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Utu, who <a href="/wiki/Eats" class="mw-redirect" title="Eats">eats</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Butter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Butter (page does not exist)">butter</a>, who eats <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cream&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cream (page does not exist)">cream</a>, nevertheless touches the table of the <a href="/wiki/Poor" class="mw-redirect" title="Poor">poor</a>. <ul><li>Aba-indasa to <a href="/wiki/Shulgi" title="Shulgi">Shulgi</a>, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section3/tr3121.htm">Letter from Aba-indasa to Shulgi about his neglect</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Correspondence_of_the_Kings_of_Ur" title="Correspondence of the Kings of Ur">Correspondence of the Kings of Ur</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Dynasty_of_Babylon" class="extiw" title="w:First Dynasty of Babylon">Old Babylonian</a> period, ca. 1800-1600 BCE, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>; their original date of composition and their historical accuracy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_of_the_Kings_of_Ur#Controversy_about_historicity_of_the_letters" class="extiw" title="w:Correspondence of the Kings of Ur">are debated</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>May the <a href="/wiki/People" class="mw-redirect" title="People">people</a> marvel admiringly, and may Utu witness it in <a href="/wiki/Joy" title="Joy">joy</a>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enmerkar" title="Enmerkar">Enmerkar</a> to <a href="/wiki/Inana" class="mw-redirect" title="Inana">Inana</a>, in <i><a href="/wiki/Enmerkar_and_the_Lord_of_Aratta" title="Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta">Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerian" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Neo-Sumerian">Neo-Sumerian</a> period (ca. 21st century BCE). <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr1823.htm">[1]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>My brother, I want to tell you something -- pay attention to my speech. [...] Utu, my twin, I want to tell you something -- pay attention to my speech. [...] <a href="/wiki/Dumuzid" title="Dumuzid">My spouse</a>, has made love to me, has kissed me. I wanted [the <a href="/wiki/E-ana" class="mw-redirect" title="E-ana">E-ana</a>] for him. [...] But majestic An would not give him E-ana. The heavens are ours, the earth is ours: E-ana should be captured from An. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inanna" title="Inanna">Inanna</a>, in <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr135.htm">Inanna and An</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Babylonian_period" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Old Babylonian period">Old Babylonian period</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Utu, I greet you! Let me be <a href="/wiki/Ill" class="mw-redirect" title="Ill">ill</a> no longer! <a href="/wiki/Hero" class="mw-redirect" title="Hero">Hero</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningal" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ningal">Ningal</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Son" class="mw-redirect" title="Son">son</a>, I greet you! Let me be ill no longer! Utu, you have let me come up into the <a href="/wiki/Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountains">mountains</a> in the company of my <a href="/wiki/Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Brothers">brothers</a>. In the mountain <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cave (page does not exist)">cave</a>, the most dreadful spot on <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">earth</a>, let me be ill no longer! Here where there is no <a href="/wiki/Mother" class="mw-redirect" title="Mother">mother</a>, there is no <a href="/wiki/Father" class="mw-redirect" title="Father">father</a>, there is no acquaintance, no one whom I <a href="/wiki/Value" class="mw-redirect" title="Value">value</a>, my mother is not here to say "Alas, my child!" My brother is not here to say "Alas, my brother!" … Don't make me flow away like <a href="/wiki/Water" title="Water">water</a> in a violent <a href="/wiki/Death" title="Death">death</a>! Don't make me <a href="/wiki/Eat" class="mw-redirect" title="Eat">eat</a> saltpetre as if it were barley! Don't make me fall like a throw-stick somewhere in the <a href="/wiki/Desert" title="Desert">desert</a> <a href="/wiki/Unknown" class="mw-redirect" title="Unknown">unknown</a> to me! Afflicted with a <a href="/wiki/Name" class="mw-redirect" title="Name">name</a> which excites my brothers' <a href="/wiki/Scorn" title="Scorn">scorn</a>, let me be ill no longer! Afflicted with the derision of my <a href="/w/index.php?title=Comrades&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comrades (page does not exist)">comrades</a>, let me be ill no longer! Let me not come to an <a href="/wiki/End" title="End">end</a> in the mountains like a <a href="/wiki/Weakling" class="mw-redirect" title="Weakling">weakling</a>! <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lugalbanda" title="Lugalbanda">Lugalbanda</a>, in <i><a href="/wiki/Lugalbanda_in_the_Mountain_Cave" title="Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave">Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Dynasty_of_Ur" class="extiw" title="w:Third Dynasty of Ur">Ur III Period</a> (21st century BCE).<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.8.2.1#">[2]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Utu, <a href="/wiki/Shepherd" title="Shepherd">shepherd</a> of the land, father of the black-headed, when <a href="/wiki/Sunset" title="Sunset">you go to sleep</a>, the people go to <a href="/wiki/Sleep" title="Sleep">sleep</a> with you; youth Utu, when you rise, the people rise with you.</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lugalbanda" title="Lugalbanda">Lugalbanda</a>, in <i><a href="/wiki/Lugalbanda_in_the_Mountain_Cave" title="Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave">Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Dynasty_of_Ur" class="extiw" title="w:Third Dynasty of Ur">Ur III Period</a> (21st century BCE).<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.8.2.1#">[3]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Youthful Utu, [...] brilliant light, great lion, [...] hero emerging from the holy interior of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_religion#Heaven" class="extiw" title="w:Sumerian religion">heaven</a>, storm whose splendour covers the Land and is laden with great awesomeness; Utu, king of justice that befits the true offspring, made <a href="/wiki/Culgi" class="mw-redirect" title="Culgi">Culgi</a>, the trustworthy shepherd, glorious in the battle. The great wild bull, youthful Utu, who like a torch illuminates the Land from the holy heavens; the wise one of all the countries, the fearsome radiance of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uras_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="w:Uras (mythology)">Urac</a>, the just god among the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuna_gods" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Anuna gods">Anuna gods</a>, the long, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C5%A1umgallu" class="extiw" title="w:Ušumgallu">holy dragon</a>, the first-born son cherished by <a href="/wiki/Suen" class="mw-redirect" title="Suen">Suen</a>, the lord born to command -- Utu bestowed the kingship of the Land on Culgi. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shulgi" title="Shulgi">Shulgi</a> in a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to Utu, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr24217.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>, early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BCE" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:2nd millennium BCE">2nd millennium BCE</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Utu, assign a sweet destiny to the king. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shulgi" title="Shulgi">Shulgi</a> in a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to Utu, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr24217.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>, early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BCE" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:2nd millennium BCE">2nd millennium BCE</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Youthful Utu chose the shepherd in his heart. Years of plenty are assigned to Culgi, the trustworthy shepherd, the king, as his fate. From the shrine in <a href="/wiki/Nippur" title="Nippur">Nibru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enlil" title="Enlil">Enlil</a> bestowed this on the trustworthy shepherd, whose fate is determined by Utu. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shulgi" title="Shulgi">Shulgi</a> in a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to Utu, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr24217.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>, early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BCE" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:2nd millennium BCE">2nd millennium BCE</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Lord of all the great <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinity#Divine_force_or_power" class="extiw" title="w:Divinity">divine powers</a>, borne by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningal" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ningal">Ningal</a>! Youthful Utu, lord of all the great divine powers, borne by Ningal. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shulgi" title="Shulgi">Shulgi</a> in a tablet (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%81%BE" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:𒁾">𒁾</a>) to Utu, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr24217.htm">Text online</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>, early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BCE" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:2nd millennium BCE">2nd millennium BCE</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Say to Utu my lord, the exalted judge of heaven and earth, who cares for the Land, who renders verdicts; just god, who loves to keep man alive, who heeds entreaty, who extends mercy, who knows [...] compassion, who loves justice, who selects honesty. Repeat to the bearded one, the son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningal" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ningal">Ningal</a>, [...] who opens the bolts of heaven and earth, who creates brightness in darkness; foremost lord who alone is resplendent, whose greatness is unequalled; warrior, son given birth by Ningal, who guards and gathers together the divine powers; just god, prince who determines all the fates, my lord, father of the black-headed: this is what Sîn-iddinam, king of <a href="/wiki/Larsa" title="Larsa">Larsa</a>, your servant, says:<br />Distress has been caused in your city Larsa, which you have chosen in your heart. The broad squares where days have been passed in merriment have been reduced to silence. Your commendable troops who were assembled have been annihilated like reeds from a reed fence splitting apart. Your young men have been harvested like barley at the due time; they have been picked and have been plucked like ripened fruit. The people have been smashed like terracotta figurines; they have perished all together. An evil storm took away the little ones from the laps of their mothers. [...] I serve the great gods daily with prayers, and my fervent entreaties are sublime. O youthful Utu, for that reason look favourably upon your city Larsa! Say "Alas!" for your city! Say "Alas for the sanctuary!"! Extend sympathetic compassion to Larsa! [...] So that may escape the clutches of death. May its seed be great! May sing your praises! And as for me, for my reverence give me life! Bestow on me long life as a gift! <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sin-Iddinam" title="Sin-Iddinam">Sin-Iddinam</a>, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section3/tr3205.htm">Letter from Sîn-iddinam to the god Utu about the distress of Larsa</a></i>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Warrior" title="Warrior">warrior</a> is unique, he alone is the equal of many; Utu is unique, he alone is the equal of many. With your <a href="/wiki/Life" title="Life">life</a> you should always be on the side of the warrior; with your life you should always be on the side of Utu.</b> <ul><li>Šuruppak, <i><a href="/wiki/Instructions_of_Shuruppak" title="Instructions of Shuruppak">Instructions of Shuruppak</a></i> (3rd millennium BCE). <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section5/tr561.htm">[4]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>You should not question the words of your mother and your personal <a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">god</a>. The mother, like Utu, gives <a href="/wiki/Birth" title="Birth">birth</a> to the man. <ul><li>Šuruppak, <i><a href="/wiki/Instructions_of_Shuruppak" title="Instructions of Shuruppak">Instructions of Shuruppak</a></i> (3rd millennium BCE). <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section5/tr561.htm">[5]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anonymous"><a href="/wiki/Anonymous" title="Anonymous">Anonymous</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Utu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Anonymous"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Emerging [from] below and gazing upwards, Utu, great physician, father of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer" class="extiw" title="w:Sumer">black-headed</a>, wearing a lapis-lazuli beard in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89_(temple)" class="extiw" title="w:É (temple)">E-</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/e595.html">babbar</a>! Utu, great hero, focus of the assembly, king, bison running over the mountains! Utu, bison running over the mountains! <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section4/tr4322.htm"><i>A hymn to Utu</i> (Utu B)</a>, late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_millennium_BCE" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:3rd millennium BCE">3rd millennium BCE</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Utu, the son born with the city to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningal" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ningal">Ningal</a> in the E-nun-ana (House of the prince of heaven), a bull, a cedar fed with water thriving among cypresses, holy, patient-hearted, playful, radiating light, he is iridescent radiance! Then, as my king comes forth, the heavens tremble before him and the earth shakes before him. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section4/tr4322.htm"><i>A hymn to Utu</i> (Utu B)</a>, late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_millennium_BCE" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:3rd millennium BCE">3rd millennium BCE</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>He has raised his head over the mountains; he is indeed their king! Utu who decrees judgments for all countries, the lord, the son of Ningal, who renders decisions for all countries, the lord who is highly skilled at verdicts, the son of Enlil, highly knowledgeable and majestic Utu. [...] He has lifted his head over the Land. My king Utu, you cross all the shining mountains like an eagle! He has lifted his gaze over the mountains. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section4/tr4322.htm"><i>A hymn to Utu</i> (Utu B)</a>, late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_millennium_BCE" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:3rd millennium BCE">3rd millennium BCE</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>At that <a href="/wiki/Time" title="Time">time</a> the <a href="/wiki/Day" title="Day">day</a> was <a href="/wiki/Lord" title="Lord">lord</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Night" title="Night">night</a> was <a href="/wiki/Sovereign" class="mw-redirect" title="Sovereign">sovereign</a>, and Utu was <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">king</a>. <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Enmerkar_and_En-suhgir-ana" title="Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana">Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerian" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Neo-Sumerian">Neo-Sumerian</a> period (ca. 21st century BCE). <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.8.2.4#">[6]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Messenger" title="Messenger">messenger</a> gave heed to the <a href="/wiki/Words" title="Words">words</a> of his king. He <a href="/wiki/Journeyed" class="mw-redirect" title="Journeyed">journeyed</a> by the starry night, and by day he <a href="/wiki/Travelled" class="mw-redirect" title="Travelled">travelled</a> with Utu of <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">heaven</a>. <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Enmerkar_and_the_Lord_of_Aratta" title="Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta">Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerian" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Neo-Sumerian">Neo-Sumerian</a> period (ca. 21st century BCE). <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr1823.htm">[7]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>After day had broken and Utu <a href="/wiki/Sunrise" title="Sunrise">had risen</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sun_god" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:sun god">sun god</a> of the Land lifted his <a href="/wiki/Head" title="Head">head</a> high. The king combined the <a href="/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system" title="Tigris–Euphrates river system">Tigris with the Euphrates</a>. He combined the Euphrates with the Tigris. Large vessels were placed in the open air, and he stood small vessels beside them, like <a href="/wiki/Lambs" class="mw-redirect" title="Lambs">lambs</a> lying on the <a href="/wiki/Grass" title="Grass">grass</a>. <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Enmerkar_and_the_Lord_of_Aratta" title="Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta">Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerian" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Neo-Sumerian">Neo-Sumerian</a> period (ca. 21st century BCE). <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr1823.htm">[8]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Deal <a href="/wiki/Justly" class="mw-redirect" title="Justly">justly</a> before the face of the Sun. <ul><li>To <a href="/wiki/Gilgamesh" title="Gilgamesh">Gilgamesh</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh" title="Epic of Gilgamesh">Epic of Gilgamesh</a></i>, translated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Sandars" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Nancy Sandars">Nancy Sandars</a>, 1960, <i>Penguin Classics</i>, Third edition, 1972</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sumerian_proverbs"><a href="/wiki/Sumerian_proverbs" title="Sumerian proverbs">Sumerian proverbs</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Utu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sumerian proverbs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2009_boat_on_the_Tigris_in_Baghdad_3256080487.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/2009_boat_on_the_Tigris_in_Baghdad_3256080487.jpg/220px-2009_boat_on_the_Tigris_in_Baghdad_3256080487.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/2009_boat_on_the_Tigris_in_Baghdad_3256080487.jpg/330px-2009_boat_on_the_Tigris_in_Baghdad_3256080487.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/2009_boat_on_the_Tigris_in_Baghdad_3256080487.jpg/440px-2009_boat_on_the_Tigris_in_Baghdad_3256080487.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>When a <a href="/wiki/Trustworthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Trustworthy">trustworthy</a> <a href="/wiki/Boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Boat">boat</a> sets sail, Utu seeks out a trustworthy harbour for it. ~ <a href="/wiki/Sumerian_proverb" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumerian proverb">Sumerian proverb</a></figcaption></figure> <dl><dd><small><a href="/wiki/Sumerian_proverbs" title="Sumerian proverbs">Sumerian proverbs</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electronic_Text_Corpus_of_Sumerian_Literature" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature">The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_millennium_BCE" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:3rd millennium BCE">3rd millennium BCE</a></small></dd></dl> <ul><li>Oh Utu, you are my <a href="/wiki/Judges" title="Judges">judge</a>: pronounce my judgement! You are my <a href="/wiki/Decision" class="mw-redirect" title="Decision">decision</a>-maker, decide my case! The <a href="/wiki/Dream" class="mw-redirect" title="Dream">dream</a> that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precognition" class="extiw" title="w:Precognition">I have seen</a> -- turn it into a favourable one! Let me walk straight, so that I can catch up with my <a href="/wiki/Companion" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion">companion</a>! <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.09.html">Collection IX</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Utu is <a href="/wiki/Lord" title="Lord">lord</a>; you should fix your gaze on him. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.14.html">Collection XIV</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Utu's glance is prayerful. Utu's heart is compassionate. A devotee of Utu is among the holy. Allotted by Utu to be fortunate, a [...] ship reaches the quay. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.22.html">Collection XXII</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>When a man comes forward as a witness, saying: "Let me tell you what I know," but does not know the relevant information, it is an abomination to Utu. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.26.html">Collection XXVI</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>When a trustworthy boat sets sail, Utu seeks out a trustworthy harbour for it. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.26.html">Collection XXVI</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Whenever <a href="/wiki/Wickedness" title="Wickedness">wickedness</a> may cause trouble, Utu will not be idle! <ul><li>Proverb from <a href="/wiki/Ur" title="Ur">Urim</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.2.3.html">text online</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Utu, the lord who loves justice, extirpates wickedness and prolongs righteousness. <ul><li>Proverb from <a href="/wiki/Ur" title="Ur">Urim</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.2.3.html">text online</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>He who despises a just decision, who loves wicked decisions, is an abomination to Utu. <ul><li>Proverb of unknown provenance, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.6.2.5">text online</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Utu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">Deity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mythology" title="Mythology">Mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paganism" title="Paganism">Paganism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra" class="mw-disambig" title="Ra">Ra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Utu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noprint" style="clear: right; 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