Lugal-zaggisi, in a long list of deities at the beginning of an important inscription, enumerates in succession Anu, the goddess Nisaba, the gods En-lil (or Bel), En-ki (=Ea), En-zu (Sin), Utu (the sun-god), the goddess Ninni (or Nana( ?)), Nin-khar-sag, Umu, and Nin-akha-kuddu.

As for Anu, the king introduces the name, as Ur-Ningirsu of Lagash does (see above, p.

90), in calling himself 'priest of Anu,' and which, according to the explanation suggested, means simply 'divine priest.' Bel, Ea, Sin, and Shamash (or Utu) are common to Gudea and Lugal-zaggisi.

These constitute, then, the great gods whose worship is no longer limited to any particular district.

They have become common property, in part through the sanctity attached to the places where the gods were worshipped, in part through the antiquity of these places, and in part, no doubt, as the result of a political development lying behind the period under consideration.